Archive: 2021

Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker, released two stunning new albums, songs and instrumentals, via 4AD this past fall. They were met with resounding praise by fans and critics alike, the albums earning spots on many year-end lists. Lenker presents a performance of “anything” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The performance was shot in Joshua Tree at sunrise. It was directed […]

An American songwriter living in London, Emily Moment spent much of the 2010s championing Americana music in the UK — not only as a member of acclaimed bands like The Savannahs and Mahoney & The Moment, but also as one of the organizers behind the long-running concert series Chalk Farm Folk. Originally launched as a […]

Jason Weinheimer spends most of his time making other musicians sound great. As an engineer and producer at his Fellowship Hall Sound studios in Little Rock, AR, he’s attracted some of the region’s most lauded songwriters and performers: John Moreland, Hayes Carll, Shinyribs, John Fullbright, Jesse Aycock, Pony Bradshaw, and Jim Mize, among many others. […]

When you look at the history of the blues, you see quite a few artists that were “discovered” later in life. Alabama Slim is one of those artists. He was born in 1939 and grew up listening to 78s of artists like Big Bill Broonzy and Lightnin’ Hopkins. After Hurricane Katrina, Slim and his cousin […]

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on the new self-titled album from New Orleans ska band Bad Operation, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

Many musicians are self-taught. Many can find a second livelihood gigging locally and most stay in that mode throughout their musical pursuits. Few break out to national or international touring status but the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, once seemingly destined to the former, has indeed broken out. I Told You So is their third album, […]

The label alone, ECM, conjures up introspective, chilly, ethereal, haunting as well as glowing, beautiful, shimmering. At least one or two of those adjectives can be ascribed to most of the label releases. We can add spiritual. explorative, edgy, and adventurous to that list too, especially in the case of Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry, who […]

Portland’s Tommy Alexander surely has been making ears take notice as his fervently emotive songwriting chops and gritty vocals make him a real deal troubadour. His most recent album Waves topped many a best of 2020 chart  as his creativity continues to run high. Glide is thrilled to be sharing Alexander’s new live video for […]

Piano lessons at the age of eight, singing in a punk band at fourteen, and writing her first songs at sixteen, it’s no surprise that lùisa immediately caught fire when she released her debut record One Youth Ago. Soon after lùisa would perform on Inas Nacht, one of Germany’s most popular late-night shows, and was […]

Award-winning composer Emile Mosseri, known for his music in The Last Black Man in San Francisco and Kajillionaire, which featured his collaboration with Angel Olson, is scoring the critically acclaimed A24 film Minari, out February 12th via Milan Records. “Rain Song” came together as a collaborative effort between Mosseri and Korean translator and lyricist Stefanie Hong, who […]

The South by Southwest® Music Festival (SXSW®) has announced an initial list of Showcasing Artists invited to perform online at the 35th annual event. The festival will be the first opportunity to hear what’s been percolating in the minds of these emerging acts and established artists. This essential industry event occurs March 16 – 20, […]

Tibet House US is excited to announce that The Flaming Lips, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Jesse Paris Smith, Marc Anthony Thompson of Chocolate Genius, Inc. with Tessa Thompson and Saori Tsukada will join the eclectic line-up for the 34th Annual Tibet House US Virtual Benefit Concert. This year’s special virtual edition of one of the longest-running and most renowned live cultural events in New […]

Esther Rose’s homespun brand of country music has drawn comparisons to legends like Hank Williams, modern trailblazers like Rilo Kiley, and a host of other luminaries in between, but those who are doing the comparing always make note: she’s got her own thing going on. Rose’s innate ability to reflect on her own feelings, to […]

Today, songwriter and mandolinist Andrew Marlin of the acclaimed folk duo Mandolin Orange — who’ve “redefined roots music for a younger generation” (Washington Post) — announces a new pair of solo instrumental albums that emerge from the solitude of COVID lockdown with emotive melodies and impeccable arrangements. Both albums — Witching Hour, out February 5, […]

This year’s was the ninth annual She Rocks Awards , and the first time they have gone virtual. Presented by the Women’s International Music Network (the WiMN), the event opened with a red carpet Q&A with the honorees, hosted by John Stapleton, followed by a pre-show countdown hosted by Yahoo Entertainment music editor Lyndsey Parker, […]

Every song that Aaron Sinclair writes has a certain underlying feeling SPIN. Baeble Music sensed a “strung-out urgency” in his voice and KUTX says A. Sinclair epitomizes full-on rock, complete with massive guitar riffs, boozy vocals, and a driving swagger.” It’s surprising then, that in person, Sinclair is a quiet guy – reserved, humble, and […]

Leon III sounds like a relic from another age. In a time when so much of today’s music seems as disposable and temporal as a tweet, Leon III is standing athwart the tide; and here, the band conjures the spirit and ambition of Pink Floyd and Grateful Dead. Make no mistake, this is an album […]

Singer-songwriter electric and lap steel guitarist Selywn Birchwood delivers his third album, Living in a Burning House, for Alligator Records. He is one of the most appealing of the young vanguard of blues musicians keeping the music alive while melding in some other forms of roots music in the process. Birchwood calls his original music […]

American Pianists Award Winner Emmet Cohen makes his debut for Mack Avenue Records, with some tunes, involving the stride piano music from a century ago. Yet, as the title Future Stride indicates, the music doesn’t necessarily sound throw-back or dated. It was the vitality of the great stride pianists that later evolved into the music […]