Archive: 2020

There is a sub-genre of roots music dubbed “high desert sound” which as you can imagine conjures up descriptions of dreamy alternative country, psychedelia, and imaginative indie rock.  The aptly named The Adobe Collective, with their equally aptly named All the Space There Is, are one of the main purveyors of this tantalizing hallucination-inducing music. […]

With their third studio release, Peace in Pieces, the Tampa Bay-based Betty Fox Band is set for a breakthrough. The album has a generous 14 tracks and over an hour of music, all laid down at the iconic FAME Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals. The legendary Spooner Oldham’s Wurlitzer electric piano is prominent throughout along […]

Bart Budwig is a son of Idaho, a cosmic country crooner, a rousing trumpet player, and cryin’-style soul singer. His music is made up of seemingly incongruous parts; thrum & strum country rhythms, jazz guitar melodies, R&B vocals. When Bart sings he draws out words into meditative mantras, whole note neologisms that keep you hanging […]

As another decade turns, the Austin, TX based prolific guitarist, vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist – Eric Johnson – will release a new studio offering titled EJ Vol II, on February 28, 2020. To celebrate this 11th studio album, JOHNSON has a 55-date tour, spanning nearly 3-months. The tour will hit every major city across the […]

Australian punk rockers Amyl and The Sniffers’ electrifying live shows are fast becoming the stuff of legend, and this April they’ll be hitting the stage at Coachella, followed by a cross-country North American tour. Amyl and The Sniffers had an incredible 2019, releasing their self-titled debut album on ATO Records. The record was met with […]

For eighteen years and counting, Northwest String Summit has brought fans of contemporary bluegrass, indie, funk, jam rock, and everything in between to the greater Portland area for what has become a highlight of the summer for festival-goers nationwide. Taking place in North Plains’ beautiful Horning’s Hideout, String Summit’s 19th annual gathering brings some familiar faces back to the festival and some […]

Today, Dublin’s Fontaines D.C. have shared a new video for their fan-favorite single ‘Liberty Belle’. The video celebrates an incendiary 2019 for the band which saw them release their debut album ‘Dogrel’ to critical acclaim, earning plaudits from a vast array of major publications, receiving nominations for esteemed awards and appearing in a number of album of the year 2019 lists. The video combines documentary footage from their […]

An impressive assembly of blues music masters, ranging from Blues Hall of Famers to rising stars, will gather in Memphis on Thursday May 7, for the 41st annual Blues Music Awards. Presented by The Blues Foundation, the BMAs honor the past year’s exceptional achievements in blues music recording, performance, and songwriting, as well as supporting […]

It’s been a rough year for Brian Johannesen. The same week he closed on his first house in Iowa City, IA, his mother-in-law went onto life support. Although she pulled through, her health steadily declined over the following months, leading to endless doctor appointments, hospital stays, rehab stints, and several months living with Brian and […]

In a special edition of Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on his favorite albums of 2019, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop): Make sure to also check out Glide’s top albums of 2019!

Be adequately prepared for your first listen to Irish singer-songwriter David Keenan’s debut, A Beginner’s Guide to Bravery. This is not casual listening. Keenan sings every song like it’s his last chance to sing; he builds drama like few can. And, he’s just getting started. Keenan hails from the small town of Dundalk, near the […]

During this writer’s period as a blues radio host in the early ‘80s, Jimmy Johnson’s “Ashes in My Ashtray” and “ I Need Some Easy Money” from his 1979 Delmark Johnson’s Whacks or “Heap See” from his 1983 Alligator Bar Room Preacher, along with several other Johnson nuggets, were among the most frequent tunes played. […]

Vetiver has announced a Spring North American tour in support of Up On High. Out now on Mama Bird Recording Co. in North America and Loose Music in Europe, the album is being hailed as one of Andy Cabic’s finest in a long career of highs! Tour Dates: 26-Mar Minneapolis Turf Club 27-Mar Chicago Sleeping […]

Starting off the year with a 100-song marathon in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve, Robert Pollard set a mighty high bar for Guided By Voices in 2020. Following three acclaimed and stylistically distinct full-length albums in 2019, Surrender Your Poppy Field, is a head-spinning tour de force: a bit of everything… plus more! And […]

Missing from nearly every 2019 best-of-the-year list was the debut album from Portland, Oregon band TK & the Holy Know-Nothings. This is something of a travesty because anyone who had the pleasure to listen to Arguably OK was bowled over with the sharpness of Taylor Kingsman’s songwriting backed by a gritty, West Coast alt-country soundtrack. […]

This past Thanksgiving,  Archers of Loaf sent a brief communique from their new website that 2020 would mark “The Return of the Loaf” and shared four tour dates for the new year. Today, in addition to announcing more shows, the quartet delivers this exciting news: The band spent the holidays in the studio, and there will be new recordings from Archers […]

Today, Bonnaroo as revealed the initial lineup for the 19th annual edition of the internationally acclaimed four-day multi-stage camping festival set to take place June 11 – 14 at Great Stage Park, the spectacular 700-acre farm and event space located just 60 miles southeast of Nashville in Manchester, TN. The 2020 Bonnaroo Music & Arts […]

Caroline Rose announces Superstar, out March 6th on New West Records, lead single/video “Feel The Way I Want,” and a North American tour. The follow up to 2018’s acclaimed LONER, Superstar is a bigger, badder, glitter-filled cinematic pop record. It’s an underdog story, and one not far off from Rose’s real life. After years of struggle to release what would ultimately become LONER, Rose found […]

2020 looks like another great year for movie lovers.