Archive: 2022

Cayo Coco is the solo project of Lumen Loraine, a 24-year-old multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. On Coco’s righteous new single “Sofie,” the versatile musician treats ears to an atmospheric and radiant fueled composition boosted by tasteful electric guitar touches and swelling synthesizers. Sonically the indie-pop song references the buoyant modern arena rock of Glass […]

J P Rose is a producer, artist, and multi-instrumentalist hailing from North London. Since embarking on his musical journey, JP has produced and written for some of UK rap’s brightest prospects including Sainte, Feuxand 5EB, as well as supporting and sharing the stage with the likes of Kojey Radical, Sam Wise, DJ Luck & MC Neat, and Lord Apex. His creations blur the […]

“I’m fresh from my walk and feeling good,” Joan Osborne tells me when I call in for our interview. “I live mostly on the East Coast so it’s great to be someplace where it’s 60 degrees in the middle of January.” Osborne is indeed refreshed from the sunny California weather and spends our time together […]

Eve’s Twin Lovers’s songs are synonymous with an early 90s mixtape – memorable, catchy, and deliciously candid. What one might consider a cast-off, to another those songs are golden stark confessional anthems that find a home with many an ear. As the solo project of Chicago’s Tim Flood, who was brought onto music at an […]

Zakoor, a two-piece band from Austin, TX, introduce their upcoming album Life Cycle with the lead single, “Life Cycle,” a pop-infused indie rock number that will suit fans of Elliot Smith and Death Cab for Cutie. Mixing modern-day existentialism lyrically with bright, pop flairs sonically, “Life Cycle” is as infectious as it is relatable.  Check […]

Alynda Lee Segarra who performs as Hurray For The Riff Raff has released increasingly strong albums starting with 2014’s protest-folk Small Town Heroes, 2017’s identity searching The Navigator, and now the more synth-based, pop-leaning Life on Earth.   Segarra has a voice that is both stunning and reassuring; expertly delivering thought-provoking lyrics around these eleven Brad […]

Harlis Sweetwater is an independent national touring artist from Orange County, California. His music is founded on Rock, Blues and Soul music, however his influences and inspirations range from Hip Hop and Reggae, to Jazz and Country music as well; And as Harlis puts it: “All music is SOUL music.” Now as a “solo” artist, […]

There were many layers of funk, soul, and R&B on display Friday night at Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg as the packed house enjoyed The Nth Power from Los Angeles opening up for Dumpstaphunk out of New Orleans.  Starting the night, with roses in front of the stage, The Nth Power (Nikki Glaspie – drums, Nate […]

Trombone Shorty will release his highly anticipated new studio album Lifted April 29 on Blue Note Records. For his first album in five years, the born-and-bred New Orleans musical icon and ambassador harnesses the raw power and exhilarating grooves of his legendary live shows, over ten tracks recorded at his own Buckjump Studio with producer […]

On Thursday, February 17th, keyboardist Neal Francis brought his throwback brand of funk and soul to the Brighton Music Hall in Boston, MA. Emily Wolfe opened.

In this new weekly roundup, Glide drops caustic commentary on selected tracks from release day Friday. Lavender Country – “Lament of a Wyoming Housewife” Lavender Country’s lone album, 1973’s self-titled, is not the lost classic its fans would have you believe. Instead, it’s a messy but interesting trailblazer, an album that’s more important than it […]

John Mayer kicked off his 32-date tour, supporting his new album Sob Rock, in Albany, N.Y. last night (February 17), and videos-a-plenty of the evening were posted to YouTube by concertgoers. Based on seeing the opening-night setlist, it appears Mayer will steer clear of any Dead and Company material on this outing. Dressed in a Miami Vice-style […]

Dallas Good, guitarist and singer of Canadian alt-country band The Sadies, has passed away. He was 48 years old. At writing, the cause of death remains unknown. Sadies bassist Sean Dean told the news to Derek Peterson, an author of the book Tomorrow is Too Late: Toronto Hardcore Punk in the 1980s, as confirmed by Exclaim. A tweet from […]

Massy Ferguson is a band that is somewhat hard to classify beyond the generic term rock band. That’s not a bad thing. In its history, the band has written the same sort of melodic sing-along songs that Tom Petty built his career on. And yeah, this may not be the first band that you add […]

Artikal Sound System is a reggae band from Florida that was founded in 2012 by Chris Montague (guitar) and Fabian Acuña (bass). The two developed as musicians playing behind Caribbean singers. Enter Christopher Cope (keyboards) and Adam Kampf (drums) and Logan Rex (vocals). With this revised lineup, the band turned toward a different sound and […]

Following more than a year of speculation, Paul McCartney today announces the GOT BACK Tour,  a 13-city return to U.S. stages, kicking off April 28 with Paul’s first ever show in Spokane WA and running through to June 16 in East Rutherford NJ, where Paul will play MetLife Stadium for the first time since 2016. […]

As Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally inch closer to Beach House’s twentieth year as a band, it gets harder and harder to expect as much from them. Not because of any foreseeable diminishing quality, but because of the sheer audacity of the run they’ve already had. Beach House’s first two albums, their self-titled and Devotion, […]

Years before Americana music earned its own category at the Grammy Awards, Steve Forbert helped pioneer the genre’s mix of folk, roots-rock, and richly delivered storytelling. He’s been a torchbearer of that sound for more than four decades since, navigating the twists and turns of an acclaimed career that’s taken him from gold records to […]