Archive: 2025

With everything happening in the U.S. recently, it might be hard to find solace. Our hearts are with California and those affected by the recent fires as we attempt to find inner peace with the one thing powerful enough to do so: Music. This New Music Friday is nothing short of a kaleidoscope lens on […]

The seemingly enigmatic marriage between country and punk was first consecrated in the late ‘70s and early’80s with bands like Rosie and the Screamers and The Gun Club, where more adventurous groups started picking elements from the seemingly disparate genres and finding common ground with each making for a hybrid that is still around today. […]

Music has always been a reflection of human emotion, capturing themes of risk, reward, and the thrill of living on the edge. Hazard games—with their inherent uncertainty and strategic challenges—have inspired some of the most iconic songs across genres and decades. For those looking to explore the excitement of hazard games themselves, Non Gamstop Casinos […]

In 2025, it is safe to say Philadelphia’s The Roots is a household name. With their tenure as The Tonight Show’s house band, numerous books published by ring leaders Questlove and Black Thought, and classic and commercially successful albums, the live Hip-hop band has carved a lane that reaches beyond their music and into the […]

Today Beth Gibbons announces her first-ever North American solo tour following the release of her debut solo album Lives Outgrown. The shows will mark her first time performing in North America since Portishead’s 2011 tour 13 years ago. Gibbons will kick off her headlining tour at The Met in Philadelphia on March 29 and continue on through April with shows in Washington, […]

Nikki O’Neill, an R&B/Americana singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Chicago, is releasing her third solo album, Stories I Only Tell My Friends. It’s being issued on Blackbird Record Label on March 14th on 12” LP vinyl, CD, digital download and streaming. Featuring eleven songs written by O’Neill, the album is co-produced by her and Rich […]

In 1979, Penelope Spheeris set out to capture the moments that catapulted the underground West Coast Punk Scene into the mainstream. The director followed bands that would eventually become the legends we know today for two years. The movie The Decline of Western Civilization was released in 1981 and featured the likes of X, Black […]

Trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire’s imagination and vision transcends any concept of boundaries and structures. He seems almost ego-less. Some of his pieces have very little trumpet, almost like the basketball point guard that savors assists more than points. The end goal and vision are most important.  The music is compelling, abstract, discordant, gorgeous, and […]

Fans of the R.E.M. guitar jangle may have rejoiced with the 1989 release of Toad The Wet Sprocket’s debut album Bread And Circus. With the issue of Green the year prior, the idiosyncratic Georgia quartet had begun to digress from the bedrock instrumental style of guitar/bass/drums/vocals for more elaborate productions (taken to an even further extent with 1991’s Out […]

Piet Dalmolen has spent the past fifteen years gigging with other bands and playing covers.  Sure, it was good to have the work, but these gigs did not feed a necessary creative fire and it’s been a long dry spell since he made his own music. That has now changed. Feeling inspired to dive back […]

Folk singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and educator John McCutcheon recently released his 45th album, Field of Stars, encompassing a wide array of moods and storytelling, but carrying his songwriting stamp of the genuine and focused. It’s also a testimony to masterful musicianship from McCutcheon and longtime collaborators like like Tim O’Brien and Stuart Duncan. The further features […]

Tele and The Ghost of Our Lord is the pseudonym of Florida-based songwriter, multi-instrumentalist producer, engineer, and visual artist Matt Kamm. From bluegrass instruments and psychedelia to synthesis, Tele prefers the pursuit of intuition over formula. Expect genre-hopping from T&TGOOL.  Folk has always had a literary element, but Kamm’s approach to these tropes is as […]

King Ropes’ 6th full-length album, Idaho, is soaked in “The Spirit of The West.”  Whatever that means. It’s not The West of tourism pamphlets, fly fishing, or cowboys riding into the sunset. Riffing on the idea of Idaho as a kind of misunderstood underdog, the band is more interested in evoking a world both remarkably […]

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell today has announced the music lineup for the 2025 event, scheduled for April 24 – May 4.   Jazz Fest is an annual celebration of the unique culture and heritage of New Orleans and Louisiana, alongside unforgettable performances by nationally and internationally renowned guest artists to create […]

On March 14, Nels Cline will release Consentrik Quartet, the eponymous debut of the guitarist’s band comprising saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, bassist Chris Lightcap, and drummer Tom Rainey. By turns swinging, grooving, bracing, mesmeric, and quietly stunning, the album spotlights the ensemble’s profound chemistry as well as Cline’s versatility as both a player and a writer. […]

My Morning Jacket has announced that their eagerly awaited new album is, arriving via ATO Records on Friday, March 21. Pre-orders are available now. Produced by 3x GRAMMY® Award-winner Brendan O’Brien (Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam), is – which marks My Morning Jacket’s 10th studio album and first full-length new collection in more than three years – is heralded by today’s premiere […]

In a career spanning three decades, A. Lee Edwards finds himself older, sober, and living as a listener, all of which are A) difficult and B) rewarding. While it may come as a surprise to those familiar with his previous projects, to see an Edwards-affiliated record with “Heart Sounds” in the title, that’s what he’s […]

Identifying the weirdest part of Brian Eno’s career depends a lot on your definition of “weird”. Was it his decadent and glammy Roxy Music days in the early 70s, or perhaps the inherently cerebral nature of his abstract ambient records to come later in the decade and beyond? For this writer, the answer has always […]