Archive: 2019

If you are of the belief that there is no weirdness left in music these days, you clearly haven’t heard Alex Cameron. Along with his “business partner” Roy Molloy, a stoic saxophone player, the Australian singer has turned eccentric loserdom into danceable music. Since re-releasing his album Jumping The Shark in 2016, Cameron has been […]

Broken hearts, dark days, lonely nights, and taking the high road are imprinted on classic albums from countless country music legends ranging from Hank Williams to Johnny Cash. These rough-hewn experiences define an artist well beyond the sessions in the recording studio. It pulses through their blood like a reckless freight train teetering on the […]

Pope Paul and the Illegals’ debut offering When The Stars Come Hurtling Down (out February 22nd on Dial Back Sound) is a smorgasbord of acumen connecting on twang and rockabilly with a heavy dose of dopamine inducing punk rock sensibility and a comedic chide. The Santa Ana, California-based trio enlisted the guidance and camaraderie of like-minded […]

Grammy-nominated guitarist Julian Lage, only 31, has already developed a reputation as one of the world’s best. On Love Hurts Lage does his freewheeling interpretations of pieces written by a range of artists and songwriters in different genres, reflecting his never-ending musical appetite. Lage recording and self-produced the album at Wilco’s studio in Chicago’s Irving […]

The debut full-length album from Yola, titled Walk Through Fire showcases her phenomenal vocals over lush retro-pop and light soul/country arraignments. Produced by Dan Auerbach with songs co-written by Yola, Auerbach, Bobby Wood, Pat McLaughlin and Dan Penn the album is a throwback to Nashville’s 60’s sound even going so far to recruit Wood who […]

Wadada Leo Smith, acclaimed jazz trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and “creator” has released a new musical composition, an oratorio of seven songs inspired by the iconic civil rights leader Rosa Parks(1913-2005). In his own words, the oratorio is “concerned with ideas of freedom, liberty and justice, a meditation centered around the Civil Rights movement.” Looking […]

On Wednesday, February 13th, southern rock stalwarts Blackberry Smoke brought their show to Portland, Oregon’s Revolution Hall, much to the delight of the sold out crowd. Fort Worth, Texas rock n’ rollers Quaker City Night Hawks opened the show. Greg Homolka was on hand to capture a few photos.

For the first time ever, the essential studio recordings of Britain’s legendary Zombies and 2019 Inductees into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame are assembled in one place on vinyl via Varese Sarabande, Feb 22nd, 2019. This is a 5 Box Vinyl Set which includes two original US albums: She’s Not There/Tell Her No […]

Some poor jaded souls spend a lot of time whining about what happened to “real rock and roll.” Those folks have clearly never heard Screamin’ Rebel Angels, a band that combines old-time rockabilly sounds with punk attitude on the new album Heel Grinder. One of the rules of making an album is to try to […]

Iakopo is a reggae artist who was born in California where he learned to play piano at age 3. He was adopted raised in Samoa. Of his island childhood, Iakopo has said, “I didn’t face pressures…to hurry up. I wasn’t on the clock.” That philosophy comes through clearly from the first song of his new […]

It seems only fitting in this year that marks the 80th anniversary of Blue Note, the premier label of the 1960’s Soul Jazz Era, that we have a current ensemble re-working some of that classic material. Some of this music has already been released digitally but now the physical album is available to all who […]

Dayglo and Silent Partner Presents are excited to unveil LOCKN’ festival’s remarkable 2019 lineup. This year’s edition of the four-day multi-stage camping festival features a number of extraordinary artist collaborations, once again affirming LOCKN’ as one of the world’s most exciting and unique summer gatherings. LOCKN’ takes place August 22-25 in Arrington, VA at Infinity […]

Louisiana singer/songwriter Caleb Elliott will release his debut album Forever To Fade on March 8th on Single Lock Records. On the album’s twelve tracks, Elliott (with producer Ben Tanner of the Alabama Shakes), layers soulful string scores over that booming, dirty-sweet groove that gave name to the Muscle Shoals Sound and John Cale-inspired arrangements. This […]

Seth Walker himself did the painting that adorns the front cover of his new album Are You Open? but the gaze in that portrait is no less piercing than that of the artist in the photograph on the back. Or much less insinuating than the music inside, the main approach of which is so understated that, […]

This resurgence of jazz we are now experiencing is global with London as one of the brightest spots. Tuba player and composer Theon Cross has been dominating airwaves and stages recently. He’s part of a thriving group of young London-based musicians who have regularly supported one another in stretching the boundaries of jazz. On this […]

Uneven, frustrating, and amazing. This film has it all.

Katarina Pejak has journeyed throughout the world but make no mistake, this brilliant talent has arrived. Having earned Berklee’s prestigious Songwriting Achievement Award and receiving much critical acclaim for her three prior releases in her native Serbia, Pejak recorded this, Roads That Cross, her Ruf Records debut and breakout album in Texas with bluesman Mike […]

The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Signs effectively corrects the downward curve of their studio work since 2011’s Revelator. The emotional undercurrent of that debut, the key to its success, is also present on this fourth album, a virtue that informs impeccable craftsmanship similar to its immediate predecessors, both of which suffered from a workmanlike approach almost […]