Archive: 2020

Robert Randolph is an artist who recently received his sixth Grammy nomination. This one is for his new album Brighter Days in the category of Best Contemporary Blues Album. He’s in pretty good company considering Gary Clark Jr. and Southern Avenue are nominated in the same category. By phone, the esteemed pedal steel guitar player […]

“I had a crazy idea and was looking for musicians who perhaps didn’t think it was so insane,” says Dave Alvin when describing The Third Mind, a new CA-based supergroup with an all-star line-up of players who are gearing up to release their self-titled debut on February 14th via Yep Roc Records. Featuring Dave Alvin (guitar, […]

With so many of his hits on the radio for such a long time, Sam Cooke is a familiar artist and a titan of soul. However, on the new collection The Complete Keen Recordings (1957-60): The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke, you can rediscover Cooke’s music and his wonderful voice. The first disc begins with […]

Grace Potter performed a soul-bearing set Friday night at the Fillmore in Philly. She is touring in support of her third solo release Daylight, the follow up to her 2015 album Midnight. A lot has changed for Potter over the last four years and her newest album, released in October, is reflective of this time. […]

Music is a tie that binds us. In these trying modern times, real, honest music and art can draw people of vast backgrounds and cultures together for understanding and empathy. Singer-songwriter Andrew Weiss clings to and cherishes moments of intimacy, hard conversations, emotional currency, and even his engagement to his high school sweetheart through his […]

Richard Stanley’s return to feature film accomplishes the impossible.

Sparta, the El Paso band featuring Jim Ward, has today announced their first full length studio album since 2006’s Threes. Trust The River will be released on April 10 via Dine Alone Records – their first for the label. Along with this news, Sparta has also announced spring tour dates and released a video for lead single “Believe.” Of […]

It’s been ten years since New York bassist, composer, producer, and bandleader Massimo Biolcati released his first solo album Persona but now he’s back with Incontre, featuring nine compositions, four of which are originals. Biolcati stays busy, making it difficult to find time for his own work. He is a founding member of Gifema, the […]

Today, Sea Wolf announced the anticipated new album Through A Dark Wood will release on March 20 via Dangerbird Records. The Los Angeles-based artist returns with his first new album in six years, featuring his most intimate material to date. Along with the announcement, Sea Wolf has released a new video for “Fear of Failure”, the captivating debut song that exemplifies the […]

Phish will embark on a 27-date Summer Tour beginning with two performances on the west coast at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, OR, and culminating with the band’s 10th anniversary of their annual DICK’S Sporting Goods Park trek to Colorado over Labor Day weekend. Other summer 2020 dates include a weekend at Piedmont Park in […]

Roger Waters returns to North America in 2020 with an all-new tour, and for the first time, In The Round.  Challenging, thought-provoking, the tour continues Waters’ message of Love. “It’ll be a new show. It will be no-holds-barred. My work is to think, ‘Well, how can I make rock & roll more interesting or theatrical or exciting or visual or musical […]

Kodacrome is a two-man production team disguised as an electronic band. Currently based in Brooklyn, members Elissa LeCoque (vocals/arrangements) and Ryan Casey (synthesizer/production) share a background in visual art, set-building, filmmaking, and screenwriting, all of which has spilled over into the presentation of their original analog synth-based catalog. Over the last decade, Kodacrome has become […]

Nine months out of the year, a monochrome mist hangs over the Pacific Northwest. Until the sun reappears, it’s easy to forget the vast, colorful palette painting the region’s criss-cross of ancient landscapes built by volcanic fire and carved by glacial ice. Don’t Forget The Heart That’s Beating, the debut album from Pacific Northwest songwriter […]

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on 20/20 Vision, the new album from legendary punk rockers Anti-Flag, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

Rejoice, a special collaborative new album from legendary African artists Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela, is set for release on March 20 via World Circuit Records. In celebration of the album—Masekela’s first posthumous release following his death in 2018—the track “We’ve Landed” can be heard below. The single finds Allen, in addition to his unique drumming style, contributing a hushed but […]

Waxahatchee (aka Katie Crutchfield) has announced her new album, Saint Cloud, to be released on March 27 via Merge Records. Along with today’s exciting news come spring tour dates and a music video for lead song “Fire,” (below) giving fans an early preview of what they can expect on this groundbreaking record. Of the song, Crutchfield says, […]

Los Angeles underground indie favorites The Growlers have announced: “part one” of a Summer 2020 North American tour. The 13-date trek is part of the band’s perpetual tour cycle and launches with a pair of rare Oklahoma shows (6/3 Tulsa + 6/4 OKC) and their long overdue, first headline at the legendary Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater, Austin, Texas (6/5). […]

The cover art for the Wood Brothers’ Kingdom In My Mind may not be so stylish as that which adorned its 2018 predecessor, the Grammy Award-Nominated One Drop of Truth, but the title is just as provocative and the music itself follows suit. This eighth Wood Brothers studio album may be the most fully integrated […]