Guitar Legend Arlen Roth Joins Forces with an Amazing List of Iconic Axe Men on ‘Tele Masters’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
This is yet another mega project for multi-Grammy-winning producer Tom Hambridge, aggregating a stunning list of guitarists to play alongside one the best, guitarist Arlen Roth, on Tele Masters. Hambridge plays drums with his long-time bassist Tommy MacDonald, with Arlen’s fellow Woodstocker Cindy Cashdollar on lap steel, and ace acoustic guitarists Billy Panda and Bryan […]
Kelly Hafner Lets Her Easygoing Soul Vocals Shine on ‘If It’s Love’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Kelly Hafner is an Austin-based graduate of Berklee School of Music. On her debut album If It’s Love, Hafner shows that her vocal training at the prestigious music school was well worth it. The beginning of the album is pretty mellow. In the first three songs, the melodies are fairly stripped down with guitar, violin, […]
Justin Townes Earle Announces New LP ‘The Saint of Lost Causes’
Justin Townes Earle is set to return with The Saint of Lost Causes on May 24th, 2019. The 12-song set was co-produced by Earle and his longtime engineer Adam Bednarik and was recorded at Sound Emporium in Nashville, TN. Founded by Cowboy Jack Clement in 1969, Sound Emporium has hosted country luminaries such as Johnny […]
25 Years Ago Today – Uncle Tupelo Make Only Network TV Appearance On ‘Late Night With Conan O’Brien’ (Watch “Long Cut”)
Matthew Logan Vasquez Follows His Quirky Muse On ‘Light’n Up’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Matthew Logan Vasquez’ last album was titled Does What He Wants and that accurately describes the singer/songwriter who refuses to be boxed in. Bouncing from noise punk squalls directly to personal emotional ballads, small solo albums to organizing full-on projects like Glorietta, MLV never can stand still. That sense of anything goes continues with Light’n […]
David Huckfelt, Leader of The Pines, Goes Solo and Into the Mystic on ‘Stranger Angels’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The opening banjo notes on Stranger Angels are unmistakably that signature sound we’ve come to love from The Pines, but they serve as the introduction of that group’s leader, David Huckfelt’s debut solo album. Huckfelt wrote the album in solitude as the Artist-In-Residence on Isle Royale, channeling the mysterious and lonesome island’s spirits into a […]
Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell and Amythyst Kiah Explore American Racism and Slavery Via “Songs of Our Native Daughters” (Album Review)
This stunning project could be as important as any ever released in any Black History Month (or at any time for that matter). It’s meant to reverberate. Songs of Our Native Daughters are 13 tracks based on historical notions and observations of slavery written and early minstrelsy, performed by Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops), Leyla […]
Wilco, Courtney Barnett, The Feelies, Tortoise Lead Solid Sound 2019 Festival at MASS MoCA
Solid Sound, Wilco’s Music and Arts Festival, returns to MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts June 28-30, 2019. Today, the festival announces its lineup and its plan to release a limited quantity of single day tickets. This year, SSF is pleased to welcome Courtney Barnett, The Feelies, Tortoise, John Hodgman’s Comedy Cabaret, Jonathan Richman, Clipping, Cate Le […]
SONG PREMIERE: Allman Brown Shares Cathartic Powerful Pop Song “Shapes In The Sun”
Allman Brown is a London-based singer-songwriter influenced by the likes of Bon Iver, James Vincent McMorrow and Sufjan Stevens. Since announcing himself onto the scene in 2013 with the Sons And Daughters EP (the lead track of which recently surpassed 3.5 million streams on Spotify), he has built a solid fanbase on both sides of […]
Concord Re-Issues Ray Charles’ “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volumes 1 & 2′ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Major events are converging that prompted Concord to re-issue the iconic Ray Charles’ Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volumes 1 & 2. First, it is Black History Month. Secondly, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will host a panel discussion on February 23rd on the importance of Charles’ impact on country […]