Archive: 2022

Seminal Australian Rock band Hoodoo Gurus started working on new music in 2019, and the process of discovering new directions continued throughout the pandemic period leading up to their tenth studio album, also their first in 11 years. Now, they are poised to release a 13-track album on March 11th, Chariot of the Gods, and […]

British rock band Porcupine Tree will celebrate their long-overdue return to the global stage with new dates confirmed in North and South America. The legendary group’s first tour since October 2010 in support of their latest album CLOSURE/CONTINUATION,will kick off September 10 at Toronto Ontario’s Meridian Hall, followed by concerts in Montreal, QC; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, […]

On May 20th, the acclaimed Nashville via Birmingham quintet Banditos return with their long-awaited third album Right On (Egghunt Records). Comprised of 10 new songs, Right On represents a significant turning point in the band’s evolution with their most fully realized offering to date. Watch the video for the boisterous new track “Here Tonight” below.. Right On is the result of […]

Miles Adams, also known as Spadefoot, is an independent artist and producer based in Colorado. While he grew up in the Texas hill country surrounded by musical influences, Miles started late in music, first picking up a guitar at age 19, and playing his first open-mic in Terlingua, Texas at 25.  Check out the expressive […]

While he may not be a household name at present, Evan Barber is no stranger to the Americana/roots music scene in the south. The Albany, Georgia native has been writing, recording, and touring across his native territory for the better part of the past decade. He’s cut his teeth sharing the stage with the likes […]

Jeremy Ivey, who had one of 2020’s strongest roots albums with Waiting Out the Storm returns with varied sonics, fresh players, and inward rather than outward driven observations bathed in buoyant rock, pop, classical, and even flamenco music, on Invisible Pictures, his third album for ANTI Records. Ivey draws from his surviving a severe case […]

On April 22nd, the next chapter of Railroad Earth will unfold with the release of their new album All For The Song; a ten-song collection filled with tales of biblical road-trip rainstorms, Louisiana getaways, and losing their brother too soon. Since the completion of All For The Song, Railroad Earth have trickled out singles like “The Great Divide,” “It’s So Good,” and […]

After releasing one of the Best Country Albums of 202, Eastern Oregon songwriter Margo Cilker is set to embark on upcoming tours with American Aquarium and Hayes Carll. Cilker’s widely acclaimed debut, Pohorylle, arrived in November of last year on the heels of NPR Music naming her one of “11 Oregon Artists to Watch in […]

On Sunday, March 6th, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis played the second of two shows at ACL Live in Austin, Texas.

­ ZZ Top are readying a new album titled RAW that was recorded in connection with the band’s wildly popular and critically lauded 2019 Netflix documentary That Little Ol’ Band From Texas. The Grammy-nominated feature from Banger Films and director Sam Dunn includes an interlude that finds the group’s classic lineup — Billy Gibbons, Frank […]

Trey Anastasio has announced that he will be releasing his first-ever solo acoustic album, Mercy this Friday, March 11. Below are excerpts from the album’s liner notes written by David Fricke: “Mercy is a genuine and surprising first for Trey Anastasio: his studio debut as a solo, acoustic singer-songwriter. The nine songs were all written […]

The 15th installment of ALO’s Tour d’Amour poured through Portland, Oregon’s Doug Fir Lounge in Friday, March 4th, and the sold out crowd was ready and waiting for a good time. ALO welcomed opening act Anna Moss (Handmade Moments) out during their set, along with Asher Fulero (Asher Fulero Band, Threedom), Matt Butler (Everyone Orchestra, […]

Like First-Aid Kit, Silver Lining is a Scandanavian act fostering a quaint acoustic soul that is as stunning as it is emotionally luminescent. Bringing together members of two prominent Norwegian acts, The Northern Belle and Louien, folky Americana quartet Silver Lining has sometimes been dubbed a supergroup in their native country. Moving on from the […]

Heather Bond’s voice is a sultry and soulful thing, evoking an urban soul aroma that buzzes with cadence and grace. Now poised to release her sophomore solo album, The Mess We Created, Bond presents a diverse and distinctively groovy new collection, written in close collaboration with renowned bassist and producer Viktor Krauss (Lyle Lovett, Bill […]

“Music can’t lie.” Seth Warden, Doug Moody, and Brian Melick started out making music for kids. Now as Warden and Co., the trio presents Somewhere (due out April 8th), their first full-length set for people the age of those kids’ parents. No matter the audience, frontman Warden says, the words mean nothing if they’re not […]

Gideon King & City Blog are a New York-based collective of musicians, all of whom have built up followings in various genres and their connectedness to different musical worlds is part of what they bring to the group in their collaborative recording sessions and live performances. The current lineup includes songwriter and guitarist Gideon King, […]

Band of Horses’ career started off incredibly strong with their debut Everything All The Time and the follow-up Cease To Begin, establishing their sparkling musical style. Eventually diminishing returns crept in and their sound got stale while their career seemed to stall. Now after five years the outfit is back with the sarcastically titled Things […]

In the wake of the pandemic back in 2020, David Quinn left his adopted headquarters of Chicago in favor of a move to rural Indiana, into a house on a lake. This new — dare we say “Country Fresh” — setting enabled him to tap into the nostalgia of his childhood and rev up his […]

It’s been nearly ten years since Jason Isbell released Southeastern, the Dave Cobb-produced album that propelled him onto the radar for a new legion of fans. Isbell had always been a formidable songwriter, first as a member of the Drive-by Truckers and then with his band the 400 Unit, but Southeastern took him to another […]