Peoria-based Bluegrass/Americana band The Way Down Wanders decided not to skimp on life’s big themes on their latest, More Like Tomorrow. From dealing with the anxiety around being a new
nugs.net, the digital music company that invented the authorized live music download world two decades ago, continues to solidify its position as the leading source for official live music recordings
Tangerine Records, the label Ray Charles founded in 1962, is rather cleverly releasing 90 tracks across 6 CDs in honor of his 90th birthday. This massive collection includes a previously
Chicago-based singer-songwriter Jared DeMeester pens and records dreamy folk songs from his bedroom studio. With a home-recorded quality, DeMeester melds the intimate vocal character of 50’s jazz with mellow indie-folk
The first release from Heartless Bastards in over six years was almost a solo album from frontwoman Erika Wennerstrom, but she ultimately felt it tied nicely back into the band’s
Today, NPR Music unveiled a tremendous Tiny Desk from Pastor T.L. Barrett. In a rare filmed performance of the living gospel legend, shot from the same South Side Chicago church he’s
Since obtaining his first banjo nearly fifty years ago as a gift from his grandfather at the age of fifteen, few musicians have done more to champion the oft-misunderstood instrument
Tristan Gregory Smith is a songwriter and producer from Seattle, WA. After experimenting with grunge, electronic music, and jazz, he found his footing in atmospheric, ethereal indie-pop. Gregory Smith went to school
Despite the co-production credit for On Every Street (released 9/9/91), shared between Mark Knopfler and the group, Dire Straits had long ceased to be a bonafide band by the time
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on The Ballad of Dood & Juanita, the new album from Sturgill Simpson, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click
