Archive: 2020

Uncivil War continues to expand the socially conscious singular combination of blues and Americana that has now defined the powerful blues vocalist Shemekia Copeland. As we’ve heard on her recent efforts, Copeland addresses contemporary life in America with a balance of understanding and empathy as well as an unapologetic stance that defiantly calls for change […]

Singer-songwriter-producer, multi-instrumentalist Will Kimbrough is not one to sit idle. Throughout the pandemic, he has been regularly holding virtual concerts from his home, dubbed Pollenfest, constant streaming and blogging through his Patreon page,  producing another Shemekia Copeland album , Uncivil War, (also covered on these pages) which is also released at this same time, and […]

It’s no surprise a number of books have been published devoted to Warren Zevon, the indubitably eccentric singer/ songwriter who passed ever so tragically in 2003. Likewise, it’s hardly a coincidence that, in keeping with the man’s mercurial persona, the publications have taken many forms.  from the touching but candid likes of wife Crystal’s memoirs […]

Jacksonport is the solo imagination of musician John Fatum, named for the small town in Door County, Wisconsin where Fatum spent summers growing up. After giving up his Brooklyn, NY apartment in spring 2019, John has been on the road traveling around the United States in his car, Little Nipper, spending his would-be rent money […]

The Hold Steady will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their fifth studio album, Heaven Is Whenever, with a very special double-album reissue. Heaven is Whenever Deluxe Edition arrives on black vinyl and limited-edition colored vinyl on Black Friday, November 27; pre-orders will be available beginning Monday, October 19 via https://theholdsteady.net. All pre-orders receive an exclusive instant grat download […]

Critically acclaimed Seattle rock band Walking Papers released their second single, “The Value of Zero,” today. Check it out below… “The Value of Zero” is from Walking Papers’ forthcoming full-length album, The Light Below, which is due out February 5, 2021 via Carry On Music and is now available for pre-order HERE. Whiskey-voiced front man Jefferson Angell holds court, telling […]

Today, Grammy Award winning R&B artist and songwriter Leon Bridges and Lucky Daye release “All About You”. The sweet yet sensual, 90’s R&B inspired R&B jam was produced by Leon’s longtime collaborator Ricky Reed, and was recorded during a chance studio encounter between the two artists in Los Angeles. Listen to “All About You” below.. […]

Neil Young is pleased to announce the release of Archives Volume II: 1972-1976, available beginning November 20, 2020. The enormous box set is the second installment in the definitive, comprehensive, chronological survey of Young’s legendary body of work, which was kicked off by 2009’s Archives Volume I: 1963-1972. This long-anticipated new volume focuses on an especially prolific and […]

Aaron Sorkin’s second film is a stunning courtroom knock out.

The words jack of trades or Renaissance man, still might not be enough to properly describe Dr. Zwig—bilingual psychologist, clinical director, international workshop leader, singer-songwriter, recording artist, touring musician, author, podcaster, lecturer, and teacher. This artist surely has more on his lyric sheet then your average local musician. Whether he’s working with clients, inspiring at […]

Austin Lucas is a punk journeyman, activist and songwriter from Bloomington, Indiana. Consumed by an overdeveloped sense of wanderlust as a young person, Austin spent his formative years in the driver’s seat of various beat-up Ford Econolines. Burning through countless miles and living the world over, he’s made his home everywhere from the American West […]

Maybe it’s the Chinese take out container on the album cover; maybe it’s the werewolf adjacent Yeti in the second track, “I Was A Teenage Yeti”; or quite possibly it’s the fantastic, loose rock piano throughout, but listen to Harvey McLaughlin’s latest and you can’t help but think of Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London”. On […]

As a former member of Badfinger’s classic line up, Joey Molland and his bandmates helped create the template for classic power pop, leaning on wildly addictive harmonies and razor sharp hooks – a blueprint that has survived decades and is still employed today. So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that his latest solo effort, […]

Go ahead. Look again at that title: Bernstein very deliberately left off the question mark. Surely, it’s a phrase we have all uttered more than we care to recognize during this uneven, unpredictable and seemingly directionless 2020. One answer may come relatively soon in the form of the Presidential election but now Trump’s illness and […]

Prolific songwriter M. Ward has announced his new album Think of Spring today, a collection of songs originally recorded by Billie Holiday – a muse to Ward and many others. To be released via ANTI- on December 11, listen to the first track “For Heaven’s Sake” below. “It still feels good to invent new guitar tunings and use them to help […]

Public Enemy’s single “Grid” featuring Cypress Hill and George Clinton “is a love letter to hip-hop’s golden era (and the classic Def Jam roster’s role in it), full of withering political analysis, blistering boom-bap and rap-rock productions (Vulture).” The group has now released an animated video for the single, directed by Ice the Endless, with […]

Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One, commonly abbreviated to Lola Versus Powerman, or just Lola, is the eighth studio album by The Kinks, recorded and released in 1970. A concept album ahead of its time, it’s a satirical appraisal of the music industry, including song publishers, unions, the press, accountants, business managers, and life on the road. […]