Wax Charmer is a series of contradictions, a rock band whose members wield widely contrasting tastes and musical styles. Their diverse collection of influences ultimately makes its members more informed
This short passage captures this writer’s reaction to the stirring performance of Sammy Miller & the Congregation at last August’s Newport Jazz Festival – “Sunday began in rousing fashion as
To many Miss Tess is a throw-back, drawing from old school blues, jazz, and country but what sets her apart from others who fall into that realm is her ability
Blues master, John Mayall, and his superlative all-star band made a welcome return visit to Tucson’s Rialto Theatre on February 1st. It was a night of pure blues music that
On April 24th, three-time Grammy Award winner Lucinda Williams unabashedly takes on some of the human, social and political issues of our day with her boldest and most direct album
Just in time for primary season, Waco Brothers are releasing a collection of their songs about resistance and protest on February 28th, entitled RESIST! The Chicago-based/UK-born country punks have been
At the risk of sounding lazy, life is so much easier when an album title perfectly describes the work. The Cadillac Three’s Country Fuzz precisely captures the delightfully ragged album,
The choruses and harmonies in some of these songs on Half Moon Light from Americana trio The Lone Bellow will slay you. It is refreshing to have an album that
Award-winning and critically acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter David Myles might be an undercover musicologist. Within his eclectic artistic continuum, he’s reverentially explored jazz, blues, pop, holiday music, French pop, rockabilly, country,
For more than thirty years and through various lineup changes, the Reverend Horton Heat has been awakening the masses to the power of rockabilly. Helmed by the one and only
