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#63 July/August 2014

#63 July/August 2014

FEATURES Artists & Art Ali Kaufman talks to performing artists who commit to the visual arts as passionately as they commit to their music. Are drawing, painting, photography and sheet … Read more

#62 May/June 2014

Issues: #62 May/June 2014

FEATURES The New CowgirlsWith major labels pushing them into a radio game they can’t win, country’s freshest female artists find alternate routes to the top DEPARTMENTS Letter Gary Chetkof champions … Read more

#61 March/April 2014

Issues: #61 March/April 2014

FEATURES Cruisin’Recorded music sales have shrunk and touring’s tiring. Enter the multi-day festival, and its most artist-and-fan-friendly incarnation, the music cruise. Lee Zimmerman sets sail for fun Lights! Costumes! Dance!After … Read more

#60 January/February 2014

#60 January/February 2014

FEATURES 1964 Fifty years ago, immediately following the collapse of Camelot, the British invaded, pop performers became their own best songwriters, drugs crept into the mainstream music scene and everyone … Read more

#59 November/December 2013

#59 November/December 2013

FEATURES Give a hand, fund a band: Kevin Korber looks at the upside and downside of crowdfunding and addresses the question: Should you really hand over your money to guys … Read more

#58 September/October 2013

FEATURES Applaud Americana Art Ames tracks Americana music’s trajectory across the Home of the Brave and up the charts Bluegrass Like “Orange Blossom Special,” bluegrass picks up steam. Young bands … Read more

#57 July/August 2013

#57 July/August 2013

FEATURES Stephen Stills, Then and Now With a new retrospective box set that reaches all the way back to his teens and a new band that pushes blues-rock ever forward, … Read more

#56 May/June 2013

#56 May/June 2013

FEATURES Philadelphia Music Home of the Liberty Bell, Philly’s brotherly love extends across instruments, race, genres and Number One charts around the world. One city, many roads Free Jazz You’d … Read more

#55 March/April 2013

#55 March/April 2013

FEATURES Levon Helm Hailed as one of rock’s best drummers and one of its greatest voices, Levon Helm’s history proves as exciting as his music. A look at his lively … Read more