Archive: 2019

Clint Eastwood’s best movie in a decade is an important reminder on the dangers of judgment.

It’s been eight years and two kids since K.C. Clifford has made a record. A lot has changed in that time period — there are the two children she’s added to her family, more medical emergencies than anyone plans for, and an entire shift in the way listeners devour music made. But the biggest remains […]

Musicians often become restless and continually search for new directions. Restlessness is a chronic state for Sugar Blue, who in this case, finds both new sounds and new places to record. The harmonica virtuoso wrote and recorded on four continents, U.S. (Chicago), China, Europe (Italy), and Africa (South Africa) for Colors. As we’ve come to […]

The passion project of New York’s Melissa Frabotta – with a big up from producer and guitarist Phil Anthony – Mosa is a band born out of kicking off the treasonous expectations life can heap upon the youth. On their latest releases, “Hard Times” and “Mama’s Got Grand New Shoes,” Frabotta paints Rockwellian curios, never […]

When asked to sum up his 25-year career in music, singer/songwriter/producer Salim Nourallah says, “I feel like the Texas version of Nick Lowe, except I haven’t entered my silver-haired crooner phase yet.” When he was a kid, Nourallah looked up to Lowe, mainly because he was the best example teenage Salim could find of a […]

In lieu of the booklet of prose, photos etc., usually enclosed in each edition of Dave’s Picks, Volume 32 contains a foldout within which there are some replications of newspaper articles of the times, along with some striking photos of Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh. Conspicuous in its absence is any image of […]

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on The Teenage Years of the 21st Century, the new album from singer-songwriter Micah Schnabel, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

It was absolutely delightful to watch and hear Bela Fleck and the Flecktones at the Flynn Center on December 7th. As the band continued the ongoing celebration of its thirty years together, the musicians drew on their history almost as much as their innate chemistry and did so in such a largely understated way, the […]

The Earl Scruggs Music Festival is proud to announce new additions to the festival lineup for the upcoming 2020 festival: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jim Lauderdale, Chatham County Line, and the Earls of Leicester. Touring for over fifty years, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band remains one of the most accomplished bands in American roots […]

New Orleans brass/hip-hop ensemble The Soul Rebels continue building momentum with their new album Poetry In Motion – which released October 25th via their imprint Rebelution Music Group, on Artistry Music/Mack Avenue Music Group. Today, the band have announced a winter tour in support of the project that will take them to cities across the […]

It’s a holiday miracle! Oakland’s Burger Boogaloo is announcing the first round of artists on its 2020 lineup with a ticket special that’s perfect for everyone on your naughty list! This year’s fest features Bikini Kill (1st Bay Area show in 25 years), Circle Jerks (1st Bay Area show in 10 years), Plastic Bertrand (1st […]

Sam Doores, formerly of The Deslondes and Hurray for the Riff Raff, is set to release his self-titled solo debut March 13th, 2020 via New West Records. The 13-song set was recorded in Berlin by Anders ‘Ormen’ Christopherson, in Nashville by Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Hurray for the Riff Raff) and in Doores’ homebase of […]

Brian Fallon has released his new single “You Have Stolen My Heart,” available today at all digital music retailers and streaming services. “You Have Stolen My Heart” heralds Fallon’s eagerly awaited new album, LOCAL HONEY, due via his own label Lesser Known Records and Thirty Tigers on Friday, March 27. The album is available for […]

The 14 honorees of The Blues Foundation’s Blues Hall of Fame’s 41st class encompass nearly a century of music, spanning from 1920s stars Victoria Spivey and Bertha “Chippie” Hill to contemporary luminaries Bettye LaVette, Syl Johnson, and Billy Branch.This year’s inductees in the Blues Hall of Fame’s five categories — Performers, Non-Performing Individuals, Classics of […]

Critically-acclaimed GRAMMY®-nominated metal band Deafheaven have announced plans to bring their transcendent live show on the road in 2020 to celebrate 10 years as a band. The 36-date run begins March 20 in Salt Lake City, UT and wraps May 2 in Vancouver, BC with direct support from Inter Arma. Greet Death and All Your Sisters will […]

Joe Russo has announced his debut solo album ‘phér•bŏney‘ will be released February 7 on both limited edition neon violet and black vinyl via Royal Potato Family. Initially a surprise release on digital formats earlier this summer, the LP editions mark the first time the recording will be available in physical form. Throughout ‘phér•bŏney,’ Russo defies […]

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced a run of 2020 North American tour dates, set to take place in between their unprecedented career-spanning marathon sets at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA and Red Rocks in Morrison, CO. These new dates are set to begin April 19 at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, […]

Brian Fallon has released his new single “You Have Stolen My Heart,” available today at all digital music retailers and streaming services. “You Have Stolen My Heart” heralds Fallon’s eagerly awaited new album, LOCAL HONEY, due via his own label Lesser Known Records and Thirty Tigers on Friday, March 27. The album is available for pre-order […]

Producer and author Yvette Landry has just written a new biography of the “The Godfather of Swamp Pop” Warren Storm with the same title as its musical companion album Taking the World by Storm. Landry is intent on giving Storm more than his fair due in several ways. The album, subtitled A Regional Roots Journey […]