SONG PREMIERE: Warren Pash Comments on Portland with Funky and Soulful Ballad “Adson Quare”
Born and raised in Winnipeg and Montreal, Pash initially moved to Los Angeles, before calling Portland home for three years, moving to Nashville for nearly seventeen, and returning to Portland, where he now resides. Besides co-writing Hall & Oates’ “Private Eyes,” Pash has written music for film and television, played bass for Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, […]
40 Years Ago Today- Huey Lewis & The News Release Self-Titled Debut LP (Watch “Some Of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)”
SONG PREMIERE: Cliff Beach Feat. LA Funk Ensemble Mestizo Beat Propels Mystic Rhythms Via “Penny Candy”
Los Angeles soul man Cliff Beach sings with a voice both plaintive and uplifting. A voting member of NARAS, a songwriter and publisher with BMI, and an award-winning member of Toastmasters International, the Berklee-trained singer/songwriter/keyboardist and DC native has created a style of music he coins “Nu-funk”. In his fifteen years as a writer, Beach […]
Rising New York Trumpeter and Composer John Lake Makes Ambitious Debut with “Seven Angels” (Album Review)
Seldom does an artist burst upon the scene with an impressive debut like Seven Angels from NYC-based trumpeter, composer, arranger and now bandleader John Lake. He made his mark in large ensembles and session work, having moved to Brooklyn from the Midwest seven years ago. He’s been thinking about his own project for years now […]
Bobby Watson Extends Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers Legacy With New Horizon Band on ‘Keepin’ It Real’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Alto saxophonist/composer Bobby Watson debuts a new incarnation of his renowned band Horizon on Keepin’ It Real, furthering a legacy endowed by Watson’s days as one of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and passed on through a lifetime in jazz education. Watson, like drummer Ralph Peterson and other Blakey alumni, keep furthering the iconic drummer/bandleader’s legacy. […]
Lizzo, Tame Impala, The Strokes Headlining 2021 Outside Lands Festival – Full Lineup Revealed
Another Planet Entertainment, Superfly, and Starr Hill Presents will not proceed with the originally scheduled 2020 edition of Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park this August, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, organizers have confirmed the festival will return August 6-8, 2021, revealing the lineup for next year’s edition, which will include Lizzo, Tame Impala […]
Delta Spirit Returns With ‘What Is There’ – First Album In Six Years
Delta Spirit are set to return with their first album in six years, What Is There, on September 11th, 2020. The 10-song set was produced by the band and mixed by Tchad Blake (U2, Black Keys). Their New West Records debut follows their acclaimed 2014 studio album Into The Wide and was recorded at Sonic Ranch outside […]
LISTEN: The Suffers Deliver Soulful Plea “Take Me To The Good Times”
Today, The eight-piece Houston-based soul, funk and R&B group The Suffers return with a soulful plea to “Take Me To The Good Times.” The single is their first since the release of their acclaimed 2018 album Everything Here. “ Check out the song below… “A little over two months ago, life as we knew it came to a halt. Our tours […]
H.C. McEntire Announces New Album ‘Eno Axis’ on Merge Records
H.C. McEntire’s new song “Time, On Fire” builds and retracts with a driving pop drum beat, exploring movement like the ebb and flow of a river. It’s the perfect scene setter for Eno Axis, a new album McEntire aptly named after the river she lives beside, North Carolina’s sprawling Eno. Pre-order Eno Axis ahead of […]
35 Years Ago Today – Dire Straits Hit MTV Mainstream & Releases Game Changer “Money for Nothing” Single
Waylon Payne’s Rich Musical Heritage Redefines The Modern Outlaw (INTERVIEW)
Waylon Payne has been singing on stage since he was three years old with his mother, country singer, Sammi Smith. Smith had the mega-crossover hit song “Help Me Make It Through the Night” and taught Payne everything about singing and laid the foundation for his songwriting chops. Payne’s father was Jody Payne, guitarist and harmony […]
SONG PREMIERE: Bloody Your Hands Announce New LP ‘Sunday Scaries’- Share Guitar Rocker “Weird Winter”
Today, NYC based Bloody Your Hands have announced the release of their sophomore album, Sunday Scaries. The album with their nod to 90’s indie and punk, will be released on August 28th and with this announcement, Glide is premiering their first single “Weird Winter” – a noisy melodic puncher that combines the timeless alt-rock fuel […]
VIDEO PREMIERE: Krief Confronts Inner Demons with 60s Psychedelia on “I Am The Pillar of Darkness in Your Life”
Patrick Krief has turned on, tuned in, dropped out and come out the other side with a psychedelic masterpiece of secular shamanistic humanism. On Chemical Trance, which is due out August 14th on Rock Ridge Music, the Montreal musician taps into that holy intersection of divine and mortality, confronting his own vulnerabilities in a beautiful […]
City Punk Cowgirl Emily Duff Delivers Country Soul on ‘Born on the Ground’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
When Eric “Roscoe” Ambel gets behind a project, one needs to take notice. You can always count on visceral rock n’ roll and sassy attitude which is exactly what he and Emily Duff deliver on Born on the Ground. Duff’s nine “love songs” clock in at just a little over a half-hour. There’s no need […]
Tenor Sax Giant Joe Lovano Joins Marcin Wasilesksi Trio On ECM’s Robust ‘Arctic Riff’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The Poland-based Marcin Wasilewski Trio has been playing together since their high school days and the current lineup has been in place since 1993, a remarkable achievement for any jazz unit. Suffice it to say, we know their sound well through their five ECM recordings and their appearances on other ECM albums. Wasilewski speaks for […]
Bluegrass Outfit Wood & Wire Announce New LP ‘No Matter Where It Goes From Here’
“I don’t like bluegrass, but I love you guys,” is something Wood & Wire hear often from new fans, and while the band never claims to defy categorization—they are, after all, a four-piece band made up of guitar, bass, banjo, and mandolin—they certainly ignore the notion of musical boundaries. On August 28th, Wood & Wire […]
Hybrid R&B Project Rituals of Mine Announce ‘Hype Nostalgia’ LP – Share “Come Around Me Video”
Rituals of Mine – the immersive, hybrid R&B electronic project of Los Angeles-based songwriter Terra Lopez – announces her new album, Hype Nostalgia, out September 25th on Carpark Records, and shares the lead single/video, “Come Around Me.” Hype Nostalgia follows 2019’s Sleeper Hold EP, which was filled with emotional intensity and self-reflective songwriting, confronting the emotional rollercoaster that came with the […]
LISTEN: Jon Anderson (YES) Shares Worldly & Modern “Where Does Music Come From” Off ‘1000 Hands’
Legendary Yes singer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jon Anderson has released “WDMCF”, the latest single to emerge from his highly-anticipated new solo album 1000 Hands, an album nearly 30 years in the making. Listen to the modern-sounding track (below) where Anderson’s unique vocals still sound as relevant today as they did […]
LISTEN: The Texas Gentlemen Share Rollicking “Train to Avesta” Off Upcoming LP ‘Floor It!!!’
The Texas Gentlemen will release Floor It!!! on July 17th via New West Records. The 13-song set was produced by Matt Pence (Jason Isbell, John Moreland, Midlake) and recorded at the legendary Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL, Niles City Sound in Ft. Worth, TX and Pence’s own EchoLab Studios in Denton, TX. Floor It!!! is the follow up […]
Boston’s Town Meeting Livestreaming Via Glide Wednesday June 24th 4PM EST
Glide Magazine is proud to livestream via Glide’s Facebook page a 30-minute Livestream from Boston roots shapeshifters Town Meeting at 4PM/EST and 1PM/PST on Wednesday, Jun 24th. The band just released their third full length Make Things Better a vast and original sound portrait that is their most accomplished studio effort to date mixed with […]