Founded in 2012, Guitar Mash operates on a pretty simple concept– guitars are Great Connectors, with the power to draw people together and create community through music. Producer Rebecca … Read more
By Jim Hynes The day before their performance at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco, Jim Lauderdale and Luther Dickinson discussed, among other things, both of their efforts in making Lauderdale’s … Read more
[T]he brilliantly roaring rock of Rett Smith’s debut EP, Tularosa, makes it hard to believe that just three years ago, he had never even sung in public. Yet he … Read more
By Brenda Hillegas [T]he Sheepdogs, a Saskatchewan-based five-piece rooted in ’70s inspired rock, returns with their third album, Future Nostalgia, on October 2nd. Without much downtime in between … Read more
By Brenda Hillegas [W]hen listening to the self-titled debut album from Fairground Saints, you’ll think you’ve heard every track before…but in a good way. The self-titled release plays out … Read more
By Brenda Hillegas [C]hicago four-piece Marrow just released an album, The Gold Standard—and it’s actually nowhere near “standard.” The eleven tracks that make up this debut album perfectly showcase the … Read more
By Ira Kantor In advance of his new album, Black Light (read our review here), fusion legend John McLaughlin took time to speak with Elmore from the little village … Read more
By Lindsey Fleming [S]itting with Haley Slagle at the bar of 123 Pleasant Street in Morgantown, WV—where the homegrown singer/song writer recently performed material off her first solo album, … Read more
By Emily Gawlak [M]y first year of college, I saw Elvis Perkins at a tiny little venue in Charlottesville, Virginia called the Southern. He was with his band Dearland at … Read more
By Emily Gawlak [W]ith music these days converging towards the center, growing more and more similar with each new electronic voice modification device, folk singer Sean Rowe ambles and … Read more
