Archive: 2019

On Tuesday night December 17th, Steve Earle hosted his fifth annual John Henry’s Friends Benefit for the Keswell School at Town Hall in New York City. John Henry is his Earle’s youngest son who has Autism and he attends the Keswell School which challenges students to accomplish in aspects of school life, and prepares them […]

A big thanks to photographer Ian Rawn, who was in attendance at the Capricorn Revival A Commemorative Concert celebrating the Rebirth of Capricorn Sound Studios on 12/3 at the Macon City Auditorium. Featuring the songs of Capricorn Records with Musical Director Chuck Leavell and Special Guests Taj Mahal, John Bell, Jimmy Hall, Marcus King, Jaimoe, Tommy […]

The concluding film of the Skywalker saga is a fitting end, warts and all.

As the holidays rapidly approach, many bands are squeezing in last minute tours to give their fans one last taste of the good stuff before the new year. On Tuesday, December 17th, venerable instrumental guitar outfit Los Straitjackets did just that with a stop at Portland, Oregon’s Polaris Hall. This year, Los Straitjackets celebrated the […]

Portland’s The Shivas recently released Dark Thoughts via Tender Loving Empire, a sweet and sinister album about confronting your demons and the growth that comes from fearless self-examination. The quartet just finished a European tour and will be embarking on a US-run starting January 18 in support of their fifth album. Today, they share the […]

Grammy-nominated musician Brent Cobb will tour extensively next year including a series of intimate acoustic dates as well as select newly confirmed full-band shows. “A Night of Fine Acoustic Country Music with Brent Cobb” will bring Cobb to seated venues across the country—stripped down with an accompanist—allowing fans to hear the songs as he originally […]

The long-held superstition that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day was turned on its head last Friday, at least for those holding tickets to the sold out Marco Benevento show at Portland, Oregon’s Doug Fir Lounge. Over the course of a couple of hours, any trace of winter doldrums and holiday season woes were […]

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on A Heart of Gold is Hard to Find, the new album from singer-songwriter Benjamin Tod, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

Kurt Vile is excited to announce a new run of US headline spring dates with support from Cate Le Bon kicking off in Chicago on April 8. The tour will make a handful of Midwest stops before heading down the East Coast, followed by a slew of West Coast dates before wrapping up five weeks […]

“Most of my life,” says Will Sexton, “I’ve complicated things musically. But, nowadays, I have a different approach: it’s less cerebral, and more about gut and soul.” It’s been an evolution years in the making for revered guitarist/vocalist Sexton, who launched his career when he still in grade school. Now the towering Texan, nearing age […]

Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding has been a yearly affair in Phoenix for 18 years. The fund-raising event was started by Cooper and his wife as a way to get teenagers off the streets of Phoenix and into an environment that would teach them the arts. Cooper has spent his career ‘playing’ a teenager and it […]

John Dennis is a 27 year old Freeburg, IL native and Nashville-based recording artist who will be releasing his third full length album, Mortal Flames, on January 31, 2020. This record marks the newest installment in a series of elemental themed albums released with producer Bryan Clark and Rainfeather Records. It is preceded by Eternity’s […]

Marc Broussard is a singer, songwriter, performer, and humanitarian. His commitment to making the world a better place is a mantra that he has been bound to since the beginning of his career. It has always been about tying music to a mission, one reason that his new studio album entitled A Lullaby Collection SOS […]

Sometimes changes come slowly, allowing you time to adjust and acclimate to the new; but more oftentimes than not, change swoops down onto you and in the blink of an eye the landscape has altered and you either flow with it or panic. At one point, Theory (you know, Theory Of A Deadman, without the […]

Circles Around the Sun have announced a March 13, 2020 release of their third full-length studio album. The self-titled, seven-track collection marks the final recordings of founding member and guitarist Neal Casal. The sessions were tracked at legendary recording engineer Jim Scott‘s Southern California studio just one week prior to Casal tragically taking his own life. In a […]

[rating=6.00] As part of the pantheon of quintessential American cinema, the mob movie is not only constantly revisited, but reinvented. Such is the case with Mob Town, a reframing of crime drama conventions, but still seems littered with the genre’s most reliable tropes. Director Danny A. Abeckaser, working from a script by Jon Carlo and […]

Renee Holiday is a soul singer. As an up-and-coming R&B artist in Seattle, she released two EPs (Scatterbrain and Molting) under the name Shaprece. She also released the more progressive C.O.A.L.S., which showed her power as a vocalist. As Shaprece, she was frequently featured as a guest on tracks by Seattle hip-hop artists. In working […]