Four Simple Musical Instruments To Learn In College
Four Simple Musical Instruments to Learn While in College How do you spend your free time in college? Are you searching for a hobby? Music presents a perfect past time for a college student. Everybody likes music, but not everyone can play an instrument. Even your favorite artist might not know how to play a […]
On ‘Away’, Alexis Mahler Molds Voice & Lyrics Into Honest & Elegant Artistry (EP REVIEW)
The beauty and power that Alexis Mahler creates with her voice and cello is simply mesmerizing. With patient and confident phrasing, a soothing resonance of vulnerability and strength, Mahler has delivered a poignant and intimate EP titled Away that draws us directly into her being. Songs of heartbreak, taking space, rebuilding a life, self care, […]
Five Ways To Choose The Best Music School
Five Ways to Choose the Best Music School The course you choose to study in college influences your life after you graduate. For instance, when you study medicine, you’ll spend most of your time working in healthcare facilities and attending to patients. So, whatever career path you pick, ensure that it is a field that […]
LISTEN: Ann Wilson Shares Energetic Cover of Steve Earle’s “The Revolution Starts Now”
Legendary rock musician Ann Wilson has returned with her first release in two years. “The Revolution Starts Now” is available today on Ann’s official YouTube Channel and for digital download on AnnWilson.com and can be heard below.. “The Revolution Starts Now” was originally recorded by Steve Earle and first appeared as the title track of […]
LISTEN: Nick Waterhouse Returns With Psych Rock Cover “Pushing Too Hard” (The Seeds)
LA-based singer-songwriter/producer Nick Waterhouse returns with a vibrant, psych-rock cover of “Pushing Too Hard” (The Seeds). Best known for his riffage rooted in rhythm & blues, jazz, and soul, Waterhouse delivers his signature nostalgic crush between soaring, raspy vocals and funky key solos on the new track. Recorded on a rainy day in Memphis, featured guest vocalists on […]
Tom Petty’s 70th Birthday Bash: Virtual Festival Feat Stevie Nicks, The Raconteurs, Jason Isbell & More
For the first time ever, the Petty estate is working alongside fans and engaging with the music community to celebrate and pay tribute to Tom Petty. In 2017, the first annual Tom Petty Birthday Bash debuted in Tom’s hometown of Gainesville, FL. Fans gathered for the free, six-hour show of all Petty tunes, performed in the legendary musician’s honor. The […]
Allman Brothers Band at Atlanta Pop Festival July 4, 1970 Set For Reissue
The Allman Brothers Band have announced plans to re-issue their legendary performance at the July 4, 1970 Atlanta International Pop Festival. Attended by over half a million people, the band’s epic performances showed clear signs on what was to come on future live albums like 1971’s At Fillmore East and 1972’s Eat A Peach. Set for digital re-release on October 23, […]
Patty Griffin Announces ‘Live From The Continental Club’ Livestream Series
Patty Griffin has announced “PATTY GRIFFIN A RESIDENCY STREAMING LIVE FROM THE CONTINENTAL CLUB,” a three-show livestream residency to be broadcasted from the legendary Continental Club in her hometown of Austin, TX. The shows will take place November 7, 21 and December 5. Each show in the three-night series will be completely unique with partial proceeds […]
WATCH: Ministry Releases New “Git Up, Get Out ‘N Vote” Video
With only 14 days left until one of the most important elections in American history, Ministry’s Al Jourgensen is encouraging fans to “Git Up, Get Out ‘N Vote” by whatever means necessary ahead of the November 3 deadline. Today, Ministry releases a brand-new video to spread the message, using the music and lyrics from the notorious song that originally appeared […]
70 Years Ago Today- The Late Tom Petty Was Born (Watch “Even The Losers” Live ’80)
FULL ALBUM PREMIERE: Devin Sinha Creates Contemporary Folk Gem Via ‘Liminal Space’
On his new studio recording, Liminal Space, (out 10/23) Seattle, WA songwriter Devin Sinha pairs his eloquent lyric-focused composition with elevated instrumental virtuosity to craft a record that will secure his place among the greats of the contemporary folk-rock canon. Sinha excels at eloquently intermingling the intimate and the grand, and that strength is brought seamlessly […]
Mali’s Songhoy Blues Brings the Fighting Spirit of Resistance, Seeking Empowerment With ‘Optimisme’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
By now most of us are familiar with the great blues-based music, oft trance-like music that emanates from the war-torn, chronically divisive Mali in West Africa. You know the artists – Tinarawen, Ali Farke Toure, Afel Boucoum, Omou Sungare, Toumani Diabete, and many others, not to mention albums recorded there by Eric Bibb, Bela Fleck, […]
Vibraphonist Joel Ross Returns To Blue Note On Improvisational Strong ‘Who Are You?’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Last year the young vibraphonist/composer Joel Ross not only made his Blue Note debut which landed on our Glide 20 Best Jazz of 2019 List along with similar recognition in such prestigious publications such as The New York Times., NPR, and Rolling Stone. Ross was arguably the star and “MVP” of the 2019 Newport Jazz […]
WATCH: FUZZ Shares Video For Pummeling Musical Ride Track “Mirror”
FUZZ, the Los Angeles-based trio of Ty Segall (drums, vocals), Charles Moothart (guitar, vocals), and Chad Ubovich (bass, vocals), will release their first album in five years, III, this Friday, October 23rd on In The Red Recordings. Today, they present a final pre-release offering, “Mirror.” “Mirror” rides the previous tracks’ energies, with drums that pummel through high-power guitar riffs. It’s prime FUZZ, using III’s […]
Guided By Voices Announce Third LP of 2020- ‘Styles We Paid For’
Guided By Voices have recorded their third album of 2020 with their upcoming album Styles We Paid For, due out December 11th. They also have shared the first single, “Mr. Child”… “Mr. Child” is a poppy rocker about the titular character, a fun-loving Peter Pan who “sees a rainbow/sees no rain” — whose M.O. is to “roll […]
VIDEO PREMIERE: Pine Barons Drop Eccentric Hazy Psych Rock On “The Adult”
Mirage on the Meadow is the sophomore release from Philadelphia-based Pine Barons, a record consisting of ten of the band’s most honest and emotionally evocative songs. Written by frontman and multi-instrumentalist, Keith Abrams, the album explores themes of feeling like time is running out, longing for love and death’s inevitability. A psychedelic amalgamation of graveyard […]
LISTEN: Front Country Treats Ears To Cowboy Junkies’ Soaked Soaring Melodies Via ‘How Can You Sing”
Front Country is a band on the precipice of a metamorphosis. As multi-instrumentalists, songwriters and composers, the instrumentation and setting have always been secondary to the musical vision that comes through no matter what stage they take. For a band with a genre in their name, genre has always been elusive for Front Country, as they refuse to pick […]
10 Years Ago Today -Elton John and Leon Russell Release Collaborative LP ‘The Union’ (Listen to “If It Wasn’t For Bad”)
50 Years Later: Revisiting Bob Dylan’s Rebound LP ‘New Morning’
Much of Bob Dylan’s work has been subjected to extreme revisionism over the years, perhaps none more so than New Morning. Released in the fall of 1970 (10/19/70), a mere four months or so after the near-debacle that was Self-Portrait, the future Nobel Laureate’s eleventh studio album was hailed as a return to form, at […]
FULL ALBUM PREMIERE: Andrew Grimm’s ‘A Little Heat’ Makes For Standout 2020 Guitar Rock LP
Andrew Grimm is singer-songwriter behind the long-running Baltimore, Maryland band, June Star. The group formed in 1998, and over the last 20 years, he has been blurring country and rock and roll sounds while writing songs about love, reminiscent of The Replacements, Lou Reed, Big Star, and Chuck Prophet. It’s time for a change and […]