LISTEN: Michelle David & The True-Tunes’s “Speak To Me” Evokes Nostalgic Soul With Modern Twists
Raised in New York and singing in church from the age of four, Michelle David’s voice was forged in gospel. By five, she was performing with The Mission of Love, and her career has since taken her across the globe with Broadway productions (Mama, The Sound of Motown, Glory of Gospel, Mahalia) and studio sessions […]
LISTEN: George Emphasize Vivid Imagery With Colorful Instrumentation On “Elián”
George, named after a beloved late dog, is a rock band from Richmond, Virginia. Blending garage, alt, punk, indie, and rock and roll, the band is known for high-energy shows and urgent, melodic songs delivered with unpolished grit. The story of George begins with Camilo Medina (Divino Niño & S.3.R), who played in bands with […]
SONG PREMIERE: Members of Disco Biscuits & ‘The New Yorker’ Team Up For “Imagine Me” – Final Entry To ‘The Very Moon: A Steampunk Musical EP’
Jamband musicians are like theater performers. You had to be there. That’s the magic. But after the 2023 The Very Moon: A Steampunk Musical shows in Philadelphia, Aron Magner wasn’t ready to move on. “We created this world and wrote all these new songs that I wanted to memorialize. I wasn’t ready to just move […]
Cochemea Solidifies Bandleader Status On Honed Yet Restless “Vol. 3: Ancestros Futuros” (ALBUM REVIEW)
In 2019, New York-based multi-instrumentalist Cochemea set out on a trilogy of albums. The first, All My Relations, proved to be an eclectic collection of free-form jazz, whose tropes crumbled under the pressure of the musician’s ambitions. With Vol. 2: Baca Sewa, Cochemea focused on deep percussion swings, adding streaks of wind instruments to produce […]
30 Years Ago Today – AC/DC Released Rick Rubin Produced ‘Ballbreaker’ Album
Golden Age Thursday: China White Tear Through Hardcore Classic “Danger Zone” Live
The community of hardcore punk is a loud and proud one. Looking at old footage from the genre’s infancy showcases crowds of teenagers slamming into each other to indecipherable music, at least that’s what the uneducated see. A more keen eye views these classic videos as a tribe of like-minded individuals bolstering the singularity of […]
The Rolling Stones Announce Reissue Of Classic 1976 Album, ‘Black and Blue’
Almostf fifty years after its original release, The Rolling Stones are set to celebrate their groundbreaking 1976 album Black and Blue with a definitive Super Deluxe Box Set, arriving globally on November 14, 2025, from Interscope/UMe. Originally released in April, 1976 Black and Blue marked a bold new chapter for the band and now returns in a stunning, remixed and expanded package across multiple […]
On ‘Hard Road,’ Christone “Kingfish” Ingram’s Guitar Fireworks Meet Contemporary Stylings (ALBUM REVIEW)
The well-decorated Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, with only three albums to his name, makes a bold move to control his artistic direction while providing a home for the next generation of artists on his Red Zero Records. The native son of Clarksdale, MS, still in his mid-twenties, is a global star who has quickly moved past […]
Marcus King Returns To Country Tinged Roots With Collective Group Sound On ‘Darling Blue’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Last year, Marcus King deviated from his norm with the Rick Rubin-produced Mood Swings. He scaled back his vaunted guitar and valiantly focused on his vocals, experimenting with soul. Now he follows that up by returning to his roots, reuniting with his longtime live band for their first album since 2018’s Carolina Confessions. The new release, Darling Blue, […]
Jerry Garcia Band: Live at the Warfield – February 28, March 1st & 2nd, 1991 (ALBUM REVIEW)
Not since the halcyon days of the Pure Jerry archival series of the early 2000s has there been a release so expansive as the six-CD box of Jerry Garcia Band: Live at the Warfield – February 28, March 1st & 2nd, 1991. It is a special pleasure indeed to hear the titular leader of the […]