Archive: 2021

The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP) is thrilled to announce the return of  the Suwannee Spring Reunion, set to take place Thursday through Sunday, March 17-20, 2022 at SOSMP in Live Oak, FL.  The Suwannee Spring Reunion lineup for 2022 features Greensky Bluegrass, Trampled By Turtles, Yonder Mountain String Band, Sierra Hull, Peter Rowan, Donna The Buffalo, Jim Lauderdale , Verlon […]

It’s completely fair to suggest that George Harrison created the template for modern-day benefit concerts with his Concert for Bangladesh in 1971. And while it may be an overstatement to declare the art of the sit-in, so ultra-fashionable today, was reinvented during these shows in August of that year, there’s no denying the high drama […]

When is a holiday album not a holiday album? When it’s Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train, conceived and executed by the Australian folk hero as a means to commemorate the emotional states of being intrinsic to the designated date(s). Yet it’s an exercise in musicology as much as anything else, one in which Kelly explores a […]

Brinsley Schwarz has been immersed in a musical life from a young age and had remarkable and eventful experiences in the UK in the 1970s as part of the British Pub Rock scene, playing the guitar in a band that went by his own name and later with Graham Parker and The Rumour. Schwarz eventually […]

RATING A+ The one thing you know for sure when going into a Guillermo Del Toro film is that he does not give a fuck about the standards of cinematic convention. He, perhaps more than any other filmmaker working today, makes movies precisely for an audience of one. Whether or not anyone is on board […]

On Tuesday, December 14th, Austin folk-rocker Shakey Graves came through Boston, MA for a show at Royale.

The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer are relentless touring artists known for their high-energy, sweaty, dance-floor-boogying performances. Framed by psychedelic landscapes and world-ending jams, The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer ignite the gritty, blues-rock grooves they have been recognized for by adding drummer John Raham (The Be Good Tanyas) and keyboardist Geoff Hilhorst (The Deep […]

If Judy Blank told you she was from some sunny California town, you’d believe her blue eyes. But she’s just from Utrecht, although she’s well on track to conquer the world with her fresh songs and a good dose of self-mockery. Reminiscent of a 1950s black and white movie, she captures her listeners with crystal […]

Celebrating its 30th year in 2022, High Sierra Music Festival has continued to add to its milestone-year party, returning to Quincy, CA, June 30th through July 3rd. The lineup currently stands as the following: Headliners Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Greensky Bluegrass, The Disco Biscuits, Goose, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Railroad Earth, and Lettuce will be joined by The California […]

DelFest, the beloved genre-spanning festival brainchild of McCoury Music and High Sierra Music, is pleased to announce that after a two year hiatus due to COVID, the music of Del McCoury and friends will return to beautiful Cumberland, Maryland, on May. 26-29.  Today, DelFest organizers announced the bulk of artists for this year’s roster. Festival hosts […]

Stevie Van Zandt’s Renegade Circus and Sixthman, the industry leader in festivals at sea, continue their successful partnership of creating world-renowned music-themed cruises with the announcement of Outlaw Country West and The Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Sea Cruise. Tickets for both cruises are on sale now; visit outlawcountrywest.com or rocknrollseacruise.com to book. A spin-off of the annual Outlaw Country Cruise, which has sold-out five consecutive […]

Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound record label will release a previously unheard Son House recordings as Forever On My Mind

Action Bronson and Earl Sweatshirt have announced a 15-date co-headline tour dubbed ÑBA LEATHER WORLD TOUR 2022 DATES. Kicking off January 29th in San Diego CA, and wrapping up March 3rd in Tempe, AZ the tour will make stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, and more (full dates below). Support […]

The alt-country scene has a new band busting into the genre. Kareeta’s roots run deep into the red clay of the south and their music rises up like early morning mists hanging over a delta swamp, serene in moments but portending blackwater depth. And that music can strike with the power of a cottonmouth through […]

2021 was a very creative year as artists, frustrated by the lack of touring due to the pandemic, began to use their downtime productively, learning how to layer in parts remotely, taking advantage of home studios, and, in the end, developing many ambitious projects. The beginning of the year was especially marked by ambient, contemplative […]

In 2011 no-one knew what the phrase ‘binge-watching’ meant, let alone imagining themselves watching an entire series of a Korean TV show in a day. Fast forward to now and that phrase and activity are very real and normal parts of modern life. It makes you wonder then, what currently unknown activities in 2021 will […]

As might be expected from his complex yet harmonious recordings, Miro Denck thinks a lot about duality. Two halves of a whole, competing instincts, echo, counterpoint, the overlap in the Venn diagram–nothing exists on its own, in a vacuum. The mystic meaning even doubly announces itself twice in the name of his solo project name, thanks to […]

NOUS, Laraaji and Arji OceAnanda Take Us on a Sonically Enriching Journey with “Hari Ram” off their new album Circle of Celebration