Archive: 2019

Expanse is the sophomore release for Tel Aviv trumpeter and composer Sefi Zisling, who builds on his acclaimed debut Beyond the Things I Know. Zisling’s sound melds contemporary jazz, funk, afro-jazz and spiritual jazz, much of what you hear on the nine-minute single “Happy Solar Return ft. Kutiman”, a piece that journeys through phases and […]

Some 40-odd years after his mysterious disappearance, Jim Sullivan is finally getting the fame that he worked so hard for in the sixties and seventies. This can be attributed to the reissue of his debut album U.F.O. being sent to a member of the record subscription service Vinyl Me, Please as their record of the […]

Premier independent U.S. music festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents announces the anticipated music and art lineup for the second annual Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival, which returns to MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio on Friday, May 15, Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17, 2020. As previously announced, Metallica—recently named the world’s biggest all-time touring act by Pollstar—will exclusively headline all five Danny Wimmer Presents hard rock festivals […]

While 2019 might signal the end of the decade and decade end best-of lists; 2019 had its own share of strong musical moments. While no specific genre or trend dominated the year, standouts in the soul realm carried a strong voice with Black Pumas, Michael Kiwanuka, Brittany Howard taking soulful artistry to progressive heights. Tool […]

Will Oldham is never not busy. No stranger to hard work, he revels in the collaborative process of making art, often singing and playing music on friends’ albums, writing for soundtracks, or showing up on film. Oldham is a steady hand at his multitude of jobs—this is, after all, the man who once sang, “Without […]

Once again, the season of giving thanks has come and gone. As they have for so many years, Dark Star Orchestra commemorated the event by playing a pair of shows in New York.  They used to do them in Manhattan, but have come home to Long Island for the past few years. No pun intended, […]

Pink Floyd’s lavishly-designed The Later Years 1987-2019 effectively bookends the iconic British band’s career as  documented on a similarly massive box set released in 2016. Concentrating on the post-Roger Waters era, culls from studio records, an expanded version of a concert album and all manner of previously-unreleased and/or rare audio and video material appear on […]

On a blustery Portland, Oregon night with with the gorging of Thanksgiving creeping its head around the door, it felt like an appropriate time to savor a performance from one of heavy metal’s most legendary acts. King Diamond’s current tour is based around his upcoming album The Institute, which is expected to be out in […]

Ghost Light, one of the jam scene’s more exciting and unique rock units, brought their improvisational live show to the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on November 23rd. This five-piece has infused their live presentation with skilled musicianship, compelling creativity and tight arrangements. Composed of Tom Hamilton, Holly Bowling, Raina Mullen, Scotty Zwang and new […]

Otis McDonald is one funky modern song-crafter and track producer releasing hook-laden pop music for the modern listener. An underground artist renowned for slaying dance floor crowds in San Francisco clubs with his live ensemble projects, Otis McDonald (moniker of Joe Bagale) releases his studio debut album, People Music (TrackTribe), on December 6, 2019. People Music is an inside look into this […]

This may be as talented a lineup as to ever grace a tribute album and that’s quite a statement considering the many that we’ve heard.  Consider these artists who pay tribute to the late jazz/blues great Mose Allison and then let the argument ensue – Taj Mahal, Robbie Fulks, Jackson Browne, The Tippo Allstars featuring […]

About a week after Newsweek named the Red Dragon Listening Room in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the #1 venue in the world for live acoustic music, three legendary Texas musicians stepped up onto their small stage on November 21st and showed you what legends are really made of. Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock, […]

The director of The Last Jedi creates a film that cuts to the bone.

Friday night Georgia rock band Collective Soul brought its 25th anniversary tour to Hard Rock Live in Orlando, Florida. With no opening band, the quintet – three of which are original members – played a selection spanning eight of its albums, with a special emphasis placed on this year’s Blood and the 1995 eponymous album.  […]

In just its third year, the Reading Blues Fest can stand shoulder to shoulder with just about any blues festival in the country in terms of major talent. They certainly have their pulse on the leading acts. Many of the top contemporary blues artists performed as well as traditional ones too. Many BMA Winners and […]

Little Misty is a progressive folk band from Montreal. The project started from a collaboration between singer Kathryn Samman (Bellflower, Van Carton) and guitarist Francois Jalbert (John Jacob Magistery, Tunnel). Surrounding themselves with a quintet of some of the finest musicians and friends in town, Little Misty explores the limits of folk music, bluegrass and […]

The Black Keys hold a unique position in the modern music scene as a band that has managed to gain acceptance in both the mainstream and from rock and roll purists. While the duo of guitarist and singer Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney have worked to appease the mainstream, most notably on their aptly […]