2021 continues to throw many surprises our way and once in awhile they very inviting. Jazz saxophonist and living legend (although he would defer) Pharoah Sanders, 80, and electronic producer Floating Points (a.k.a.
Writing not just as spectators but as individuals living in the landscape of 21st Century Britain, Hallan are a Portsmouth-based four-piece with a tongue that won’t be bit. Taking observational
Jacklen Ro is best friends, Caelen Perkins and Jacqueline Giroux. Their smart, quirky indie-pop is hinged on chemistry that manifests itself in harmonies, humor, and a contagious sense of wonder. Check out the sunshiny
Jesse Brewster is a roots-music Renaissance man — a singer/songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who’s spent the better part of two decades sharpening his personal brand of West Coast Americana. It’s
James Bradshaw, better known as Pony Bradshaw, has managed to carve out a new niche genre of “North Georgia Southern Gothic” on Calico Jim, his latest LP. Across 10 haunting
The story of a bluesman getting discovered late in life is one that has repeated itself a handful of times over the last few decades. There is a sadness to
Last fall on Dead Oceans, Kansas City-based musician Kevin Morby released his newest album Sundowner. Last Saturday, he made his network television debut on CBS This Morning. Playing with Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield, they performed Sundowner’s “Campfire,” plus the title
Celebrated Malian rock band Songhoy Blues made their debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s #PlayAtHome series with a performance of their song “Barre.” Filmed in Mali, the group sang
Today marks the release of Crestone, the debut feature written and directed by Marnie Ellen Hertzler in partnership with Memory, and is out now on digital platforms. Hertzler enlisted the
On a short tour of west coast wineries in the summer of 2019, Anya Marina and friend /collaborator/artist/ tour mate Eric Hutchinson were talking about working together again. Eric had
