Archive: 2021

In the summer of 2016, Jeremy Lyon found himself anchorless. His band had broken up after five years of touring the country, and Lyon felt consumed by uncertainty about the future — both his own and America’s. So he picked up a pen. “It was the first time I was writing without needing anyone else’s […]

In a setlist that covers artists from Neil Young to Brian Wilson to Billy Preston, Sam Cooke, and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, among others, pianist/guitarist/vocalist A.J. Croce puts his own soulful spin on a dozen covers, tunes he has familiarized himself with over the years entertaining friends at his home. The effort is aptly […]

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s feature documentary Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) has been awarded the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for Documentary and the Audience Award for U.S. Documentary at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. In his directorial debut, Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) explores the legendary 1969 Harlem […]

M. Ward has released his new video for “Violets For Your Furs” today, a rendition of the Billie Holiday song that is featured on his latest album ‘Think of Spring’. Directed by Holly Andres, Ward performs the song on acoustic guitar in a dreamlike state – watch the clip HERE. The title Think of Spring comes from a poem written in […]

Willow the Cat is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter, singer and rapper, Eric Thompson. Thompson was formerly the frontman of FLOTUS, a college band whose vibrant style catapulted them to the top of Syracuse University’s DIY-scene alongside artists like Charlie Burg. His solo project, however, centers around a form of artistic expression more in-tune […]

thomTide embodies balance and restoration. “Tide” is representative of the ebb and flow of life– balance, a cycle. It implies a relationship between the water on Earth and the sun and moon in the ether. Thomas is a name meaning twin, and also happens to be the middle name shared by thomTide founder, Lee Rutledge […]

Sean Scolnick AKA Langhorne Slim is an artist who thrives on cultivating an open and honest creative release, an inspired dance built on vulnerability and candor. Many of you reading this may know, Slim has had his own struggles with addiction and though being an addict does not define a person, it can penetrate them. […]

In June 2020, the Norwegian “Black‘n’Roll”/Metal band Vreid played a remarkable outdoor concert by livestream from their home in the mountains, capturing the landscape’s long connection to their music in their current band, and in previous band Windir. Featuring both an outstanding location and very impressive sound, the concert “In the Mountains of Sognametal” was […]

Today, Cloud Nothings shares a new song from their forthcoming record The Shadow I Remember, due February 26th via Carpark Records. Released alongside a quirky video game, “Nothing Without You” finds the band operating at a breakneck pace without losing any of the songwriting sensibilities or catchiness for which the band is renowned. Following “The Spirit Of” and “Am I […]

The landscape of alternative music has changed frequently over the 27 years that Foo Fighters has been around. Over the course of the band’s ten albums, Dave Grohl and company have taken their own roots and incorporated various influences. Over the last three decades, Foo Fighters has been one of the few bands to consistently […]

Atlanta-via Athens, Georgia singer/songwriter Adam Klein just released his new 3-song EP, Little Tiger, a collection of outtakes on January 22, 2021, from the recording sessions for his 2019 album, Low Flyin’ Planes. .For Low Flyin’ Planes, Klein teamed up with his longtime producer and engineer Bronson Tew at Dial Back Sound in Water Valley, Mississippi, for their […]

Anguid is songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Aidan Boardman. Check out their soulful and melodically brilliant new single “Man of Action.” (below). With evocative vocal musing, Boardman dances on a warm and wide bed of low end, swirling synthesizers, soaring saxophone, and twinkling keys. A modern-day sound that has tinges of early Steely Dan shadowed by a Fleetwood Mac channeling. Anguid is cutting their own indie-folk […]

Prescott, Arizona based singer-songwriter and producer Dylan Ludwig grasps a sound rooted in the grooves of old school 70s rock, vintage psych-country, and soulful rock. Contemplative lyrics delivered with a slight drawl and velvet twang are surrounded by intricate arrangements that showcase his skill as a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and recording engineer. Currently, Dylan Ludwig is completing […]

Stony Plain Records announces a March 26 release date for New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers Vol. 2, the second edition of music from roots “supergroup,” New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers: Charlie Musselwhite, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jimbo Mathus, the late Jim Dickinson, and North Mississippi Allstars members Luther Dickinson and Cody Dickinson (just nominated for a […]

Following a pair of incredibly safe, fun, physically-distanced and wildly successful Space Bubble Concerts by The Flaming Lips, they’ve decided to do it all over again due to overwhelming demand. By all accounts, The World First-Ever Space Bubble Concerts have made headlines around the world and lifted spirits of celebrants into a much-needed electric communal bliss encased in matching plastic wombs. Last […]

If you’ve been following the career of Aaron Lee Tasjan, there is one thing that has been a constant and that is his constant evolution as an artist. From playing guitar in rock bands to emerging as a solo troubadour in an Americana vein, to a full-fledged psychedelic ringleader a la Tom Petty, Tasjan has […]

When coronavirus first hit last year and everyone was nervous and frightened about what was happening, this album would have been the perfect pick-me-up if it had been out. But Lee Rocker, upright bass player for The Stray Cats and his own Lee Rocker Band, conceived, wrote, and recorded Gather Round during this time of […]

We are living in a golden age of Country Western revival. Artists like Colter Wall, Jamey Johnson, and Margo Price carry on in the spirit of Merle, Willie, and the other greats. Joining their ranks is J. Hatfield, a balladeer from Charleston, WV. His self-titled debut record will be released March 5th. For now, though, […]