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
Vancouver-based alt-rock duo Dear Rouge — composed of partners Drew and Danielle McTaggart — emerged in 2012 with their debut EP Heads Up! Watch Out!, followed soon thereafter with their
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
It sounds like an old Willie Nelson song but who wouldn’t want to keep it simple and real: small house, pets, a yard, songs to play locally, and never having
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
To say Tommy Emmanuel found his musical match is like saying Daniel Day-Lewis got out-acted. Yeah, the maestro guitar fingerstyle master slinger had to join up with another fret-minded pal
