Del McCoury Band, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Yonder Mountain String Band Top Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival Lineup
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival returns to the idyllic grounds of Walsh Farm in Oak Hill, NY for another unforgettable retreat of music, magic, and memories July 17-21, featuring Del McCoury Band, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Steeldrivers, and many more. Dry Branch Fire Squad, the festival’s longtime host outfit, will […]
Anders Osborne Announces New LP ‘Picasso’s Villa’, Shares Video for “Bewildered”
Award-winning singer, songwriter, guitarist, and performer Anders Osborne announced today his new album Picasso’s Villa will release on April 26th through 5th Ward/Missing Piece Records. The 17th full-length from the veteran Swedish-born, New Orleans-based artist, Osborne described Picasso’s Villa as a condensed story about living in America between 2018-2021; the fears, confusion, deep joy, and […]
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IDLES Craft More Daring Post Punk Escapades On ‘TANGK’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Post-punk warriors IDLES are entering an interesting crossroads in their careers. After garnering acclaim from not only critics and fans worldwide but from prestigious arenas like the Grammy’s, the band is forced to ask a question we all come across at some point; what’s next? Does a band with such uniqueness continue to revel in […]
The High Hawks Led By Vince Herman, Tim Carbone Mold Shape Shifting Americana On ‘Mother Nature’s Show’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The High Hawks recorded their sophomore album in Minnesota at historic Pachyderm Studios, close to the Mississippi River and Highway 61. What would roll out on Mother Nature’s Show would be a journey through the heartlands of the USA, from the snowy north to the sunny south. The band, Vince Herman guitar, Tim Carbone fiddle/guitars, […]
Golden Age Thursday: Digable Planets “9th Wonder” Live On ‘Jon Stewart Show’ 1994
It is hard to argue that any era of music was more exciting and groundbreaking than the East Coast Hip-hop scene in the ’90s. Every city from New York City to Philadelphia to Maryland had a hand in cultivating the unique sound that inspired this column in the first place. While hip-hop is far from […]
Sonic Youth Flex Its Experimental Side On Long Out-Of-Print Bootleg ‘Walls Have Ears’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Back in 1986, the de facto European manager of Sonic Youth, Paul Smith compiled and sold this “bootleg” presentation of the young NYC-based band. The double live LP contains pieces of Sonic Youth’s 1985 live shows (complete with tuning, and chatter) from their early concerts in England. The band was not happy with this ‘unofficial’ […]
Grateful Dead: Dave’s Picks Volume 49 – Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (4/27/85 & 4/28/85) (ALBUM REVIEW)
Dave’s Picks Volume 49 is just the third four-CD set in the ongoing Grateful Dead archive initiative and only the second (besides #36) to contain a pair of complete performances by the iconic band. Marking the approximate halfway point in keyboardist/vocalist Brent Mydland’s decade-plus tenure with the group, these two al fresco concerts from the spring of […]
Hermanos Gutiérrez Announce New Album Sonido Cósmico Out June 14th on Easy Eye Sound
Hermanos Gutiérrez — the Ecuadorian-Swiss sibling duo of Estevan and Alejandro Gutiérrez — have announced that their new album Sonido Cósmico will be released June 14 on Easy Eye Sound. Sonido Cósmico is the follow-up to the brothers’ 2022’s breakout El Bueno Y El Malo, which Rolling Stone said “shimmers with hallucinogenic energy,” led to a Tiny Desk performance, and was named one of the Top […]