2023

Farm Aid Returns To Indiana With Help From Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros, Allison Russell, String Cheese Incident & More

Glide July 11, 2023 No Comments

Farm Aid’s annual music and food festival is returning to Noblesville, Indiana, on Saturday, Sept. 23, at Ruoff Music Center. Tickets will go on sale to the public on Saturday, July 15, at 10 a.m. ET, at LiveNation.com. Farm Aid 202 will feature performances by Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds), and Margo Price, as well as Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros featuring The Wolfpack, Nathaniel Rateliff

Colonel Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade Take Psychedelic Flight in Oregon (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)

Neil Ferguson July 11, 2023 1 Comment

Perhaps it’s the nostalgia that comes in later age, but the last few years have found Les Claypool obsessed with revisiting and recreating the music of his idols. The renowned

Shinyribs Tighten Up Texas R&B Sound on Steve Berlin-produced ‘Transit Damage’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

John Moore July 11, 2023 No Comments

On their ninth effort, the Texas-based Kevin Russell-led swamp funk band Shinyribs manage to stretch beyond their well-deserved party band reputation thanks to help from producer/Los lobos band member Steve

Robert Randolph, Victor Wainwright, Bywater Call, Eddie 9V & More Shine at Briggs Farm Blues Fest (FESTIVAL REVIEW/PHOTOS)

Jim Hynes July 11, 2023 No Comments

The phrase “Best weekend of the year” has grown to be synonymous with the Briggs Farm Blues Fest which celebrated its 26th year, this past July 6-8. The event, held

Wannabe Reviews J Navarro & the Traitors’ ‘All Of Us Or None’

Chris Prunckle July 11, 2023 No Comments

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on All Of Us Or None, the new album from J Navarro & the Traitors, in his signature six-panel comic strip

Craft Recordings Gives Bill Evans Trio’s ‘Waltz for Debby’ Vinyl Reissue Treatment (ALBUM REVIEW)

Joey Willis July 10, 2023 No Comments

The relaunch of Original Jazz Classics saw two legendary artists get reissues with Craft Recordings repressing Workin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet and Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane. The second

Amherst’s The Drake Is Making New Musical History In The Pioneer Valley (THESE WALLS)

Ryan Dillon July 10, 2023 No Comments

Despite being in its infancy, The Drake Amherst has seamlessly embedded itself into the culture. The freshly-opened venue is only a year old in 2023 but has completely changed the