Archive: 2021

Greensky Bluegrass welcomed Holly Bowling to the stage for their show in Portland, Oregon on November 18th.

RATING – A Jonathan Larson never lived to see his impact. The writer and creator of Rent, one of Broadway’s most enduring and beloved musicals, died suddenly the night before his play made its grand debut. He never lived to see his Tony Awards, his Pulitzer, or the worldwide acclaim he very rightly deserved. For […]

When vocalist and songwriter Julie Christensen first heard Nashville singer-songwriter Kevin Gordon perform, she found herself recalling the first song that made her cry: the Funny Girl soundtrack tune, “The Music that Makes Me Dance.” Having built her career around forging connections through song — including stints as Leonard Cohen’s backing vocalist — Christensen knows […]

It’s hard to predict the path a musician will take on the path to becoming a musician. NathanEvans Fox is no newcomer to music. He grew up in North Carolina to the sounds of country, bluegrass, folk, and gospel. He started playing violin at age four, and has also added guitar, piano, and other instruments […]

Just last week it was announced that John Coltrane’s iconic A Love Supreme went platinum after 56 years. Now we have one of the underrecognized innovators of jazz piano finally getting his own due after some fifty-plus years of recording. Dot Time Records and Mosaic Records, in their first-ever partnership, have produced a 6-CD set […]

The stunning opening title track sets the tone on Black Snake, the Nashville singer-songwriter Sara Jean Kelley’s haunting sophomore EP. The acoustic strumming, weeping violins, rich bass, and otherworldly vocals paint a picture of lonesome despair before a warbling electric guitar line cuts through the song like lightning during a summer thunderstorm.  Kelley’s direct style, […]

On April 1st, acclaimed singer/songwriter Paul Cauthen will release the bold Country Coming Down, his most brazen collection of new music to date. The album’s first single “Country As F–k” says it all right out of the gate with its honky-tonk meets night club vibe. Those already familiar with Cauthen are aware of the intelligent […]

Set to a delicate tempo of acoustic guitar plucking, Bob Sumner glistens on his instant country classic, “California.” Sumner picks up where he left off on 2019 debut, “Wasted Love Songs,” bringing spacious arrangements and artistic twinklings of melodica and electric guitar to the fold. The track is paired with a lighthearted music video, where […]

Hien is a Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter/producer who has a knack for mixing ethereal vocals and lush textures. Through her music that is equally tender as it is infectious, Hien has been exploring ways of rediscovering her identity and honoring her Vietnamese and Hungarian heritage through her art. Her first full fledged EP as an independent artist, BLOOM, out […]

Tomorrow, legendary producer/multi-instrumentalist Kramer shares “The Rain,” the second single off his forthcoming album, And the Wind Blew It All Away, his first solo LP since 1998’s Songs From the Pink Death. Glide is premiering the blackened composition that makes like a Nick Cave song turned highly confessional. A follow-up to the record’s first single […]

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros—consisting of Bobby Weir, Don Was, Jay Lane and Jeff Chimenti—are set to release their first ever vinyl collection of recorded material. Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros: Live In Colorado is out February 18 on Third Man Records—their debut with the label. Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros: Live In Colorado features a collection of songs recorded at the band’s live performances at […]

Eddie Vedder has announcesd the release date for his highly anticipated new album Earthling available on February 11th via Seattle Surf/Republic Records and launched the physical pre-order (cd, vinyl & cassette). In addition, today he has released the second song from the upcoming album titled “The Haves.”   Earthling, which was produced by Grammy Award® winning producer Andrew Watt, is the first album since Vedder’s […]

Surfacing nearly a decade ago from long oceanic shores, dream-pop outfit French for Rabbits create music that feels like it has been crafted from the fabric of the New Zealand landscape and psyche – with its salty waves, isolated coastlines, expansive skies and friendly, approachable people. That is to say, their music is both intimate and expansive, […]

If this were a film, it would be called “Raising Sand – The Sequel.”  Yes, this collaboration between what we now know are two voices that work well together, not the oft-used “unlikely pairing” that heralded Raising Sand, comes 14 years later with Raising the Roof. The timing is unclear. With music and harmonies this […]

Achtung Baby (released 11/18/91) represents the flashpoint of popularity and ambition for U2. The mega-successful Irish band has become something of a caricature of itself in the three-decade interim since its release, but at the time, their willingness and ability to reconfigure their image to their own ends was nothing less than brilliant because the […]

Leslie Mendelson certainly has a way of stealing a show even if it’s not the unassuming singer-songwriter’s intentions. Take last Saturday night (11/13) on Austin City Limits where renowned rock legend Jackson Browne decided to welcome to the Moody Theatre stage in his own words- “my very good friend Leslie Mendelson.” While it would certainly […]

Portland, Maine’s Love By Numb3rs has astounded ears with its eloquent dusty blues and roots rock that has given otherwise placid New England a musical splash of Nashville. The trio–co-vocalist Dan Connor and Anna Lombard joined by her partner and multi-instrumentalist Jon Roods–made a big splash with their independent full-length debut, Parachute yet now are gearing up for the release of a […]