Archive: 2025

Guitarist and vocalist Larry McCray takes the ‘big production’ route for “Heartbreak City.” Just as Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia enlisted the Grammy-nominated producing duo of Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith for their Blues Music Award-winning Blood Brothers, McCray not only follows suit but adds horns and background vocalists along with star-studded guests. As if […]

Following up on her acclaimed 2024 debut Image Issues, Brittany Davis‘ new release, Black Thunder, is a freewheeling, jazzy excursion that showcases her strong vocals, insightful lyrics, and the musical interplay of her trio.  On her debut, Davis used drum machines and programmed keys, but this time, things are more organic and flowing. Working with producer Josh […]

Formed in the spring of 2020, Hot Mustard is the recording duo of producer Jack Powell (guitar, keys, bells, and whistles) and Nick Carusos (bass), whose dynamic low end anchors the project. Powell’s production style combines his love of assemblage art and collage into his musical approach, in which improvised sessions are recorded and then […]

10 Foot Pole is a garage funk band from Lexington, KY. The band consists of Brian Arnett on bass and vocals, Billy Quinn on guitar and vocals, David Farris on drums, and spice, John Turner on trumpet and vocals, and Willie Eames, also on guitar and vocals. After initially forming in the 90s, with a […]

Turnstile have announced details of The Never Enough Tour – a North American headline tour set to get underway on September 15th. The fall run will feature support from SPEED and Jane Remover each night, with special guests Amyl & The Sniffers, Blood Orange, and Mannequin Pussy performing on select dates [admat / tour itinerary below]. Ticket […]

YES—who are Steve Howe (guitars, vocals), Geoff Downes (keyboards), Jon Davison (vocals, acoustic guitar), Billy Sherwood (bass guitar, vocals), and Jay Schellen (drums)—have today (June 10) announced their “The Fragile Tour 2025, The Album Series” set for this fall in the U.S. This “evening with Yes” trek launches October 1 in Wallingford, CT and wraps November 16 in Reno, NV. Tickets go on sale June 13. Go to www.yesworld.com/live for ticketing information. At […]

Margo Price has announced the release of Hard Headed Woman, a new collection of country music that reconnects with her roots, and further redefines what it means to be a modern outlaw. Out August 29th on Loma Vista Recordings, the album captures Margo Price at her wisest, funniest, toughest, and most vulnerable. It is a […]

Josh Ritter will release his anticipated new album, I Believe in You, My Honeydew, September 12 via Thirty Tigers (pre-order/pre-save here). Ahead of the release, his new song, “You Won’t Dig My Grave,” is out today. Listen/share HERE.   Throughout his decades long career, Ritter has established himself as “one of the most perceptive artists making music today” (American Songwriter), releasing […]

David Byrne has announced Who Is the Sky?, his first new album since 2018’s acclaimed and award-winning American Utopia, which will be released September 5th by Matador Records. The album was produced by the Grammy-winning Kid Harpoon (Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus), while its 12 songs were arranged by the members of New York-based chamber ensemble […]

Continuing our Ty Segall tribute this week in honor of his recent 38th birthday, for today’s Tuesday’s Gone, we’re taking a trip one decade back in time to spotlight this absolutely killer performance of “Feel” live at Pickathon from 2015. Joined by Cory Hanson of Wand fame, one could make the argument this performance captures […]

Contrary to the usual pre-release ballyhoo afforded a Bob Dylan album, Empire Burlesque turned out to be a sequel to its somewhat disappointing counterpart from two years prior, Infidels. Like its predecessor, the 1985 effort was initially recorded and produced with the best intentions, only to see those productive results go (almost) to waste due […]

Grammy-nominated harpist Brandee Younger delivers her third album and first with all-original music for Gadabout Season on Impulse! Known mostly for her interpretations of her forbears on the instrument, Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby, Younger continues to mesh R&B, hip-hop, and classical influences with jazz. Gadabout Season is more personal and features Younger’s original compositions, […]

Nashville-based rising star Stephen Wilson Jr. announces a fall run of his wildly successful sold-out søn of dad tour including performances at The Warfield in San Francisco, The Wiltern in Los Angeles and his largest hometown headline show to date at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium on November 23. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, June 13 at 10 […]

Rock’n’roll stalwarts Los Straitjackets have announced their new album Somos Los Straitjackets will release on September 19th through Yep Roc Records. Their first new record of all-original material since 2012’s Jet Set, Somos Los Straitjackets was produced by Alex Hall (JD McPherson, The Cactus Blossoms) and demonstrates why they have reigned as the kings of […]

Juneau, Alaska-based Josh Fortenbery is a gravel-voiced singer and guitarist who writes like a poet and effortlessly moves between genres, creating an inviting blend of country, folk, and bluegrass. He sings sad songs but smiles a lot and usually means it.  On his latest single, the raw and infectious “The Exterminator,” Fortenbery delves into the […]

Whitney Walker began his music career playing psychedelic, gutter-blues with Southern Gothic undertones in the Pacific Northwest during the mid-1990s. Some influences include Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Califone, Pavement, Bo Diddley, and many more. His early band, Pay The Coyote, cut their teeth in the local dive bar circuit, then Walker spent the […]

For over a decade, Philadelphia’s Muscle Tough, the self-described “futuristic funk fusion trio” of Ross Bellenoit (guitar), Jonathan Colman (bass), and Joe Baldacci (drums/synth), has been carving out a unique sonic space. Known for their instrumental jazz/funkadelic that echoes the likes of Living Colour, Lotus, and the Wayne Krantz trio, they deliver “out there” grooves […]

Today, the world received the sad news that a music visionary and pioneer has passed away at the age of 82. Stone revolutionized popular music by fusing funk, soul, gospel, psychedelic rock, and R&B, first gaining acclaim as the frontman for Sly and the Family Stone, formed in San Francisco in 1966. The band produced […]

With Backstage Balladeer, Jefferson Ross has returned with a deeply personal and richly textured album that dives headfirst into themes of life, death, faith, doubt, and the tangled beauty of the American South. This time, it’s a truly solo endeavor—Ross wrote, performed, recorded, mixed, and even photographed every aspect of the project himself. Though not […]