Archive: 2022

Bonobo recently returned to Seattle for his first show in the Emerald City in, as he proclaimed, five years. Coming as it did in the latter days of the pandemic, the show at Showbox SoDo on March 22nd felt like an apt reflection of this paradoxical moment in time.  Returning to a concert venue, one […]

Modern art history allows us to analyze the fine arts, thanks to the methods and approaches developed during art history evolution as a scientific discipline. In order to analyze the works of art, it is necessary to be knowledgeable and possess the skills and ability to use certain approaches or methods. Visual analysis essay writing […]

Greensky Bluegrass is thrilled to announce 2022’s Camp Greensky artist lineup. In addition to three nights of the host band, and festival curators, performers include Little Feat, the legendary Little Feat performing their seminal album Waiting For Columbus in its entirety to celebrate the 45th anniversary of it’s release, Sammy Rae & The Friends, Steve […]

Moonlight in Visby was not initially intended to be an album, but simply songwriting as a means for Victor Mucho to process the feeling of isolation in an unfamiliar, closed-in world. He brought his mandolin to Sweden, and upon arrival, bought an old guitar from a woman on the island. The guitar turned out to be […]

Hot on the heels of a multi-week stint supporting Khruangbin on their U.S. tour, saxophonist Nubya Garcia capped off the American journey – her first performance stateside since the release of her acclaimed debut album SOURCE in 2020 – with a headlining show at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge. With accompaniment from keyboardist Jahari […]

Three veteran rock bands took over Hard Rock Live in Orlando on Wednesday night, each delivering a distinct twist on head-banging music. North Carolina quartet Corrosion of Conformity kicked off the night with a blistering set of mostly uptempo rock. To start, bassist Mike Dean took the stage by himself and played the rumbling baseline […]

In unbelievably tragic news, Taylor Hawkins, the longtime drummer for the rock band Foo Fighters, has died. He was 50 and had one of the best jobs in the world having taken Foo Fighters to one of the biggest rock bands in the world status with Dave Grohl. There were no immediate details about how […]

In a new weekly roundup, Glide drops caustic commentary on selected tracks from release day Friday. Aldous Harding – “Leathery Whip” Probably the simplest song on her new album, but that’s never been a problem for Harding. Besides, her duet with Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson can hold its own with all the other “voices” on […]

Yard Act made their U.S. television debut last night on The Tonight Show, performing the title track off of their debut album The Overload.  Yard Act’s post-punk sound is refreshing, combining at times purposely-somewhat-out-of-tune guitar playing with spoken-word-delivered lyrics, and “backing vocals” that accentuate certain phrases, delivered much like a hip-hop hype man. The band’s look […]

Billy Strings just posted to his website European fall tour dates. Strings and his band kick off the 10-show run in Oslo, Norway at the Rockefeller Music Hall on November 29 before landing in Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. for the final date on December 11. Strings started gaining notoriety in 2016, and by 2017 Rolling Stone […]

Craig Finn has announced the release of his eagerly awaited new album. The Hold Steady frontman’s fifth solo LP, A Legacy of Rentals arrives on CD and digital download via Positive Jams/Thirty Tigers on Friday, May 20. The album will be available in several formats, including CD, standard vinyl, and limited-edition white vinyl (online orders only). Pre-orders and […]

‘Flicted, the new studio album from award-winning pianist, singer and songwriter Bruce Hornsby, is set for release on May 27 via his own Zappo Productions/Thirty Tigers. Recorded last summer, the new record is the follow up to Hornsby’s acclaimed albums, Absolute Zero and Non-Secure Connection. Fans can pre-order ‘Flicted HERE. In celebration of the forthcoming record, the album’s lead single “Sidelines,” featuring a duet with Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend and Blake Mills on […]

For an artist as idiosyncratic as Aldous Harding, it seems like a miracle that 2019’s Designer presented her sound as well as it did. A record like that can find the perfect balance between approachable and eccentric, and for many serves as a perfect entry point. Following it would be difficult, a complete rehash would […]

Over the last few decades, English R&B soul singer James Hunter has been finely tuning his retro style, releasing consistently strong records on Daptone and other labels as he and his Six deliver slick sounds.  Now comes With Love, a non-greatest hits compilation of love songs from recent albums and it is an odd, lacking […]

The Roxy Coss quintet’s (RCQ) Disparate Parts follows up Coss’ acclaimed release Quintet (2019), and features the same musicians in a more unbridled, spirited context: Coss on tenor and soprano saxophone, Alex Wintz on guitar, Miki Yamanaka on piano, and keyboards, Rick Rosato on bass and Jimmy Macbride on drums. Like the best of contemporary jazz, this marries traditional forms with free-form explorations, both acoustically and […]

Perpetual Pendulum by the three decades longstanding trio of organist Larry Goldings, guitarist Peter Bernstein, and drummer Bill Stewart marks the fourth entry in this writer’s self-dubbed 2022 as the year of the “organ oriented” bands. This unit, the longest-lasting organ trio in jazz, is by far the most jazz-centric of those we’ve covered – […]

There are a lot of good Grammys betting sites, and Olivia Rodrigo is the favorite to win Album of the Year at the start. If she’s not already 18, she’ll be just 18 on January 31, 2022, when the Grammys come around. Rodrigo is still the favorite because she had a great run in 2021. […]

When recent events shut down much of the world and turned many of our lives upside down, the members of Rotterdam’s Elephant decided to get back to their roots to write sobering yet hopeful tunes about the simple ideas that often stir the most complex emotions. “Hometown”, is one of the songs that came out of that period. […]

Happy to have Marmalade Mountain, aka Zack Fischman, back with the latest psych-folk single “Many Years Ago”. Nostalgic without giving up on the future, “Many Years Ago” is a folk tune in its bones with a garage band heart, showing a balanced reflection of Fishman’s diverse musical journey that has led him at last to Marmalade Mountain.  Fischmann […]