St. Paul and the Broken Bones Go Big & Fearless On ‘The Alien Coast’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
On St. Paul and the Broken Bones debut, 2014’s Half The City, the eight-piece group joined a list of retro-soul purveyors, yet every release since then has found the band expanding their sound. On their newest release, The Alien Coast, they go their furthest out yet, dabbling in a host of different styles and delivering […]
ALBUM PREMIERE: David Jameson Shows Lyrical Wisdom and Expansive Approach to Country Music on ‘Tall Dark Pines’
A new face on the scene, David Jameson explores outlaw country themes of the old west through a modern lens shaped by his global travels and family traditions. Jameson took a circuitous route to country music. His music career started on the other side of the globe when he was living in China. After his […]
SONG PREMIERE: Jon Tyler Wiley Soars with Globe-trotting Rocker “WannaBe”
Jon Tyler Wiley proudly blurs the lines between genres, creating a southern sound caught halfway between anthemic rock ’n’ roll and atmospheric Americana. Influenced by acts like Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Jon Tyler Wiley & His Virginia Choir (his live lineup) is a collaborative band of […]
Living Blues Legend John Mayall Remains Vital & Proud On ‘The Sun Is Shining Down’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Blues Hall of Famer, the legendary John Mayall, AKA “The Godfather of British Blues, has announced that he has stopped touring at the young age of 88 but his latest project, The Sun Is Shining Down, reveals a belying vitality. In fact, with well over forty albums in his storied career, this sits among a […]
25 Years Ago Today – James Brown, Blues Brothers, ZZ Top Perform Super Bowl XXXI Halftime Show In New Orleans
50 Years Later: Revisiting Jackson Browne’s Distinguished Self Titled Debut LP (Saturate Before Using)
Over the course of the fifty years since it came out (January 1972), Jackson Browne’s first album is not often mentioned in discussions of landmark debut albums. But it should be. On this collection of ten original songs (often referred to mistakenly as ‘Saturate Before Using’ based on its cover graphic), the California poet laureate […]
V**gra Boys Return With Gritty New Round of U.S. Shows
Stockholm post-punk band Vgra Boys (= “ia” because spam FILTERS) have announced a US tour, their first in support of their latest album Welfare Jazz. Kicking off April 1st in Boston and wrapping up their debut Coachella performance on April 24th the 15 date tour will make stops in Philadelphia, DC, Brooklyn, Chicago, San Francisco […]
The Decemberists Reveal ‘Arise From The Bunkers’ 2022 Summer Tour
The Decemberists have announced a Summer 2022 North American tour ARISE FROM THE BUNKERS. Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy described the upcoming tour in a note to fans: “We’re wiping away the accumulated grime from windows and revealing, for the first time in a very long time, the glimmer of sunlight. We see the green dappled leaves, the soughing tree […]
Neil Young Demands Spotify To Remove Joe Rogan Or His Catalog
The perpetually-introspective Neil Young is demanding Spotify remove his music as long as it continues to host The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) podcast on its digital platform. Rolling Stone reported that Young posted a letter on NeilYoungArchives.com, now deleted, to a Warner Bros. executive and his manager that said he wants his songs and albums […]
Circles Around The Sun Announce Tour, Begin Work on New Album
Circles Around the Sun has announced its first tour in 2022. The band will head out in March and April on a 21-show headline run that cuts clear across the U.S. Beginning March 16 at The Sinclair in Cambridge followed by a handful of additional Northeast dates, they’ll then make stops throughout the Midwest including March 19 at Beachland […]