Ms. Lauryn Hill Launches ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ 25th Anniversary Tour at Newark’s Prudential Center (RECAP)
Very few artists have made an impact like Ms. Lauryn Hill, and even fewer have done it with only so much music out in the world. 25 years ago Hill released her iconic solo record The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and last night (October 17), she kicked off her celebratory tour. Hill took over her […]
SONG PREMIERE: The Slants Throw it Back to Early Sound with Dance-rocker “Family”
The Slants’ final full-length album, aptly titled The Band Plays On, is a fourteen-track collection of the band’s melodic, highly danceable synth-pop, which will be released digitally and on vinyl October 20th. This year has been a very busy year for The Slants. While it may seem they’ve been dormant, with their last release being […]
Dylan LeBlanc Delivers Well-Conceived Allegorical/Autobiographical Set Of Songs Via ‘Coyote’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Coyote is the first album singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dylan LeBlanc produced and he has harnessed what he learned from Dave Cobb who produced his 2019 Renegade and taken it to a higher level. Similar themes of outcast people seeking a better future remain, but he pulls them into a cohesive narrative that is as much […]
Athens, GA-Based TaxiCab Verses Collaborates With Kofi Atentenben and the Warriors On ‘Is What You Make It’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
This collaboration of the Athens, GA-based collective TaxiCab Verses helmed by Jim Wilson and the group of musicians from Accra, Ghana, Kofi Atentenben and the Warriors, became a regional treasure when first released in 2016 (with only 200 homespun CDs) but now gets the full treatment of vinyl and digital release for the ten-track set […]
Debut LP ‘Special 20’ From Tim Easton Gets Welcome Reissue on Black Mesa Records (ALBUM REVIEW)
Raised in Ohio, singer-songwriter Tim Easton honed his skills while busking around Europe for seven years in the mid-90s. After a brief stint with The Haynes Boys, Easton started his solo career with his Americana-tinged, debut album Special 20. Released in 1998, Special 20 is a compelling musical journey that effortlessly blends various genres, showcasing […]
Nathan Graham Channels Soul, Rock and Americana Into Irresistible Sound on ‘Saint of Second Chances’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The fact that Nathan Graham has held his own opening for such musically disparate artists as neo-R&B greats like Low Cut Connie and Lilly Hiatt, one of the best things happening in Americana right now, shows the broad appeal of his music. And that appeal is apparent in his stellar debut Saint of Second Chances, […]
The Cult Rewards Sunday Night Crowd with Rocking Portland, OR Performance (PHOTOS)
The Cult played to an attentive, appreciative crowd on Sunday, October 15th at Portland, Oregon’s Roseland Theater. After 40 years playing together, founding members Ian Astbury (vocals) and Billy Duffy (guitar) were in fine form, leading the band through a solid, powerful set of pure rock n’ roll. The group played a couple of tracks […]
50 Years Ago Today- Montrose Releases Debut Album
Warren Haynes Talks New Gov’t Mule Chapter, His Favorite Mule Albums & Writing More Songs (INTERVIEW)
Gov’t Mule loves to surprise us. I mean, here is one of the preeminent southern blues rock bands and they gave us a big dose of Pink Floyd. On their debut album in 1995, they pulled out an obscure quiet blues scratch by Son House. And they have roared through AC/DC and Zeppelin songs for […]
SONG PREMIERE: Radiator King Shines With Arena Rock Bravado On “Ghost Of Elvis”
Veteran producer Ted Hutt—whose credits include The Gaslight Anthem, Violent Femmes, Chuck Ragan, Lucero, Jesse Malin, The Devil Makes Three, and a Grammy-winning collaboration with Old Crow Medicine Show—certainly had a profound effect when working with Radiator King on their new song “Ghost of Elvis”. The compelling sounds of most of his prior collaborators are […]