Archive: 2024

Back for seconds, Austin City Limits returned to Zilker Park for Weekend Two. Under sunny skies and toasty temps, the festival got off to a hot start. Here’s a quick daily dispatch with highlights from Friday (10/11):  Running concurrently as blink-182 in the main headlining spot, Chris Stapleton had a surprise up his sleeve. The […]

FORM Arcosanti is a unique festival at Arcosanti, an experimental town in Arizona founded by architect Paolo Soleri. The festival blends music, art, and architecture, focusing on sustainability and community. It showcases various artists and musicians, fostering creativity and collaboration in a stunning desert landscape. Despite its limited capacity, the festival has managed to attract […]

Pearl Charles lives in the moment, seeking excitement whether it leads her down a dark, dusty road or into the arms of a trouble-making lover. Her songs describe late-night revelry, love affairs, running away and running towards, serenading the sunrise through whirlwind stories of her native Los Angeles, the city, the canyon, the desert, and […]

You can’t help but be excited when talking about Orlando singer-songwriter Cat Ridgeway. Her infectious energy and contagious enthusiasm in everything she creates are electric, while her passion and commitment to her music radiate through her fiery blend of indie-rock and punk with hints of dream pop and folk. A skilled lyricist and melodist, Ridgeway […]

We cooked up a good one over here at the old Caustic Kitchen. October is off to a roaring start with two packed weeks of new music just waiting to be unearthed. A song’s journey is a magical tale; it starts as an idea and miraculously manifests into something that becomes present in our lives. […]

Winterlark is on their way to something new. The Santa Cruz jazz duo, with their endlessly accessible back-pocket charm and euphonious, bantering harmonies, is turning their gaze outwards on their new EP, Sing To Me About Tomorrow (due out October 18th) — their final product now belied by a sort of understated hand-wringing that looks […]

Watching what is ostensibly the only existing film of Jimmy Reed compels the question of whether any other blues figure has created a more fully-formed persona through his songs (or has had more of his songs covered by a wider range of artists). Firm, resolute, and good-natured, Reed compels attention even the misconceived light show […]

Craft Latino’s reissue of Traigo de Todo, marking Fania Records’ 60th anniversary, breathes new life into the 1974 classic from Ismael Rivera—a seminal figure in Latin music, often affectionately known as “Maelo.” This album, released during Rivera’s post-prison renaissance, radiates the sounds of resilience, cultural pride, and spiritual rebirth. Traigo de Todo finds Rivera at […]

It’s easy to see what Margo Price heard in Jack Quiggins and Ryan Jennings, the duo behind Teddy And The Rough Riders. The two Nashville artists play a uniquely original brand of country music that has absolutely nothing to do with the mullet-sporting, overproduced, twangy pop that has dominated country radio currently. Rather, Quiggins and […]

Héctor Lavoe’s sophomore album, De Ti Depende, released in 1976, builds on the success of his debut La Voz and elevates his artistry, firmly establishing him as one of salsa’s most compelling voices. While La Voz introduced Lavoe as a solo artist with undeniable charisma, De Ti Depende demonstrates his growth as a bandleader, revealing […]