Archive: 2025

Johnny 99 is the alter ego of John Sponarski, guitarist in City and Colour, but as Johnny 99  he has been carrying the torch for classic country music for many years, as heard on the 2021 Johnny 99 debut album Words Left Unsaid. The long-overdue follow-up is slated for later in 2025. Once again, City and […]

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Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band is one of the most exciting acts on the blues scene today, exciting both hardened blues fans and younger music fans. The band name lets you know that he doesn’t take himself too seriously, which is always good.  The “Big” comprises just three people: the Reverend on vocals and finger-picked […]

For this performance from Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, the sextet presents sixteen selections before any significant improvisations are made. However, to the group’s great credit, their self-restraint generates definite dividends through the economic concentration the psychedelic warriors apply to tunes like “Candyman.”  On the latter, for instance, Donna Jean Godchaux harmonizes ever-so-sweetly with Jerry Garcia, […]

Phish have announced their summer 2025 tour, set to get underway June 20 for three nights at Manchester, NH’s SNHU Arena. The band will continue on with performances in Pittsburgh, PA (June 24), Austin, TX (June 27-28), Columbus, OH (July 9), North Charleston, SC (July 11-13), Philadelphia, PA (July 15-16), Chicago, IL (July 18-20), Forest Hills, NY (July 22-23), and Saratoga Springs, NY (July 25-27). In addition, Phish will take a break this year from their […]

Today the legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon announced “A Quiet Celebration Tour,” a US Tour for this Spring and Summer 2025 where he will present the live-debut performance of his critically acclaimed, Grammy-nominated album Seven Psalms, as well as perform a celebration of his timeless classics. The evolution of this extraordinary artist continues to unfold with this offering, in which Simon […]

Melvins 1983, the raw and unfiltered incarnation of the legendary band featuring Buzz Osborne and original Melvins drummer, Mike Dillard, return with Thunderball – their first full-length album in four years, out April 18 via Ipecac Recordings. “Thunderball is the third Melvins 1983 record we’ve made together, and I wanted it to be bombastic – I think we achieved […]

The day after Boston and its neighboring cities and towns were hit with a frustrating storm fueled by wet snow, rain, and sleet, the sun rose again and delivered a clear, dry day that welcomed people back out of their homes. And, on this frigid Monday night of February 17th, fans of Jack White’s music […]

Online pokies have come a long way from the glamorous casinos of the Rat Pack era, and if ol’ Blue Eyes himself were around today, he’d probably be spinning the reels at Pocket Pokies Casino instead of crooning in a smoky Vegas lounge! 🌟 Back in the 1950s and ’60s, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy […]

Online pokies have come a long way from the glamorous casinos of the Rat Pack era, and if ol’ Blue Eyes himself were around today, he’d probably be spinning the reels at Pocket Pokies Casino instead of crooning in a smoky Vegas lounge! 🌟 Back in the 1950s and ’60s, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy […]

The title Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams reads as a most likely fit for The Drive-by Tuckers’ Southern Rock Opera. Still, nothing save for Patterson Hood’s distinctive voice, and perhaps one song resembles the sound of Hood’s main band on his fourth and first solo effort in over 12 years. Defying almost any expectations, this project […]

It seems that 30-year-old singer-songwriter Jesse Welles, a DIY-er at heart,  just burst on the scene from nowhere. The Nashville transplant grew up in Ozark, Arkansas, a town with a population of 3,590 that boasts a turkey plant, an engine plant, one or two gas stations, and a couple of restaurants. From those humble beginnings […]

While most know Todd Rundgren for his eclectic and often sensitive approach to sound and the occasional power ballad, he also had a prog band called Utopia that stretched things out and rocked very hard with his signature melodic flair. While Rundgren trimmed Utopia down in the late 70s to be more melodic, the early […]

This summer, iconic punk rock bands Dropkick Murphys and Bad Religion will be co-headlining for the first time during their U.S. Summer Of Discontent Tour with openers The Mainliners from July 22 through August 17. Tickets for all shows go on sale February 20 at 10am local time at www.dropkickmurphys.com and www.badreligion.com. Dropkick Murphys vocalist and founder Ken Casey said, “We are so fired up to spend the summer […]

New York City is a prominent, beautiful, confusing place. Some see it as the home of dream-making, a land drowned in opportunity with excitement around every corner. Some see it as an over-crowded tourist trap far past its prime. A city like this was meant to be polarizing, conquered by those who dared to enter […]

Dom Mariani, legendary frontman of garage rockers The Stems and Power Pop heroes DM3, steps away from his current blues-heavy outfit Datura4 to return to his jangle pop roots. Recently, Mariani stepped out with a fresh single, the aptly titled “Jangleland.” Recorded in Perth, Western Australia, “Jangleland” features a crack band: Joe Grech (Datura4) on […]