Archive: 2020

Angel Olsen will release Whole New Mess, her first solo album since her 2012 debut, on August 28th via Jagjaguwar. A super intimate and vulnerable emotional portrait that shows her grappling with a period of personal tumult, Whole New Mess presents Olsen working through her open wounds and raw nerves with just a few guitars and some microphones, isolated in […]

Jeff Tweedy will return to live performances this autumn when the Wilco frontman will play a live show on Sept. 18th at the McHenry Drive Inn Theater in McHenry, IL. Tickets go on sale Friday at 11am CT. This socially distanced concert has some more loose restrictions where attendees arent required to stay in their […]

Brian Fallon has announced rescheduled tour dates following the release of his acclaimed new album, Local Honey, available now via Lesser Known Records and Thirty Tigers. US tour dates are now set to begin in April 2021, including Town Hall Theatre in New York. The band will embark on a rescheduled North American tour throughout […]

The wait is over, Joe Bonamassa’s new solo studio album Royal Tea inspired by his British heroes Jeff Beck, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin and Cream was recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios and will be released on October 23rd via J&R Adventures. Bonamassa also surprised his fans this past Friday with his latest single, “Why […]

Drawing from his roots in the church choir, Gary, IN born Quinn DeVeaux is the originator of blue beat soul, a rapturous blend of early blues, old-school country and soul. His songwriting is at times uplifting, rapturous and healing with a focus on modern storytelling. Channeling artists such as Sam Cooke, Bill Withers, Otis Redding, […]

Swing States: Harmony in the Battleground, is the latest from multi-GRAMMY nominee, MacArthur Fellow, and Doris Duke Award recipient, violinist Regina Carter. For this momentous release, Carter has assembled her Freedom Band, a first-rate ensemble of consummate musicians including multi-GRAMMY award winners John Daversa (trumpet, flugelhorn) and Kabir Sehgal (bass, percussion), GRAMMY nominees Harvey Mason Jr.(drums) and Jon Batiste (piano) – renowned for leading the house band […]

Lollapalooza will commemorate this year’s festival weekend with Lolla2020, a free four-night broadcast event taking place on the original dates of the Chicago-based festival, Thursday, July 30 through Sunday, August 2. The broadcast will air exclusively live on YouTube beginning at 5pm CT each night, with the full schedule to be revealed on Wednesday, July 29. Lolla2020 is proud to partner with […]

The Bay Area’s beloved  Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is launching its new global and community-driven initiative  Let the Music Play On to bring the spirit of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass to backyards and living rooms all over the world with a global broadcast taking place the weekend of October 2nd.  In compliance with safety concerns and California’s statewide mandate against […]

Robert Plant will mark the eagerly awaited third season of his hugely popular podcast, Digging Deep with Robert Plant, with the release of a career-spanning new 2-CD set Digging Deep. The limited edition collection – also available for streaming and digital download – gathers 30 extraordinary songs spanning four decades, including three previously unreleased new […]

Rilo Kiley have announced plans to re-issue their extremely rare self-titled debut album from 1999. The recording, originally pressed only on CD and sold exclusively at the band’s early shows, has been out of print since its original pressing 21 years ago. Rilo Kiley will be made available on limited edition vinyl and digital DSPs on October 2nd via Little Record Company, […]

If you haven’t listened to Steve Howe outside of the records he has made with Yes, then you have been missing something extremely interesting, exotic, playful, soul-searching and even romantic; for Howe has been exploring guitar sounds since before puberty hit. A self-acknowledged Chet Atkins fanboy from the very beginning, Howe leapt into guitar wanting […]

With his stunning new album 100 Summers, James Lee Baker reaffirms the fact that he’s one of the most gifted singers and songwriters on Americana’s musical horizons. Recorded in one-take recordings at Blue Rock Studios in Wimberly, Texas, 100 Summers (due out September 4th) finds Baker working with an exceptional group of collaborators — among […]

Dirt Reynolds is an artist who adopted that persona because his birth name (Chris Watts) is unfortunately shared with an infamous figure from Colorado. He recently released his debut album Scalawag. It is an alt-country album that brings acts like the Drive-By Truckers to mind both in sound and in the way it explores some […]

By 1979, the Grateful Dead were at something of a crossroads in their career. For the past eight years, the husband & wife duo of Keith & Donna Godchaux had done a fine job of providing piano accompaniment & background vocals, respectively, but as a new decade approached it was clear the band needed a […]

Today we mourn the loss of Peter Green who died in his sleep today (7/25) at the age of 73. As arguably the finest ambassador of blues guitar that Britain has ever produced and one of the most sensitively toned players of all time, Green helped define the sound and feel of British blues Green […]

Ron Gallo has returned with the announcement of his upcoming LP, Peacemeal Via Flood. With the album announcement came the release of his latest video, “Wunday.” “It’s an introvert summertime party jam celebrating alone time and isolation, but then after too much solo time starting to go crazy.,” he shares of the track. “I think […]

Rating: B+ Teenage sex-coms seem to go hand in hand with the grotesque. From pie fucking to sexual assault, the cinematic attitude towards teen sexuality tend to push the limits of not only taste and propriety, but also of legality. So rarely is it give the respect and agency it deserves. Which is probably why […]