Soaked In Bleach
A sensationalist retelling of a sensational story, Benjamin Statler has found look-alike actors and used recorded conversations and interviews with experts to recreate the events surrounding the death of Nirvana … Read more
Posted in August, 2015
Exclusive: Sink Into The Dark Southern Rock Of Thayer Sarrano
As the jittery guitar growls and the throbbing bass lurches, you get the feeling that Thayer Sarrano‘s “Touch My Face” is moving in a circle, spiraling ever downward into … Read more
Jon Pousette-Dart
One of the nearly forgotten heroes of the northeastern folk rock scene, once so prevalent in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, Jon Pousette-Dart mined the same musical environs as … Read more
Boz Scaggs
My appreciation of the multi-talented Boz Scaggs began more than a dozen years ago with his horn-laden ditty “Runnin’ Blue.” At the time I was aware of Boz solely from … Read more
Simon & Garfunkel
Wow. One of the most beautiful box sets ever, Columbia has released all five of Simon & Garfunkel’s original albums (and the sixth, a Greatest Hits) on 180-gram vinyl, not … Read more
The Mekons
Throughout the history of rock n’ roll there have been “cult” bands, and then there are the Mekons. Never a hit in the U.S. or their native U.K (the band … Read more
The Bird and the Bee
The Bird and the Bee transported concertgoers to a sunny summer dream to celebrate the release of their new album, Recreational Love. Inara George (the Bird) jumped, clapped and danced … Read more
Elephant Revival
Among the many promising bands at the heart of the American roots music scene, there can be no question that Elephant Revival deserves to be at the very top of … Read more
Eilen Jewell
It’s one of those the-world-just-ain’t-freakin’-fair questions: How does the mainstream continue to avoid Jewell’s inestimable talents? With a voice that soars and croons where few chance to sail, keen, detailed … Read more
James Cotton
If you search the internet for ‘best blues harmonica players,’ you will always find James Cotton’s name near the top of the list. James is celebrated both for the power … Read more
