Shakey Graves
Photos by Mandy Pichler His birth name is Alejandro Rose-Garcia, but his ‘star is born’ name is Shakey Graves. On the heels of the 2014 release of his sophomore album, … Read more
Posted in December, 2015
Exclusive: Emi Meyer Streams The Deluxe Reissue Of Her Sparkling Album, Galaxy’s Skirt
Born Kyoto, Japan to a Japanese mother and American Father, and raised in Seattle for most of her childhood, Emi Meyer’s dual-heritage– the push and pull between East and West– … Read more
Jeff Lynne’s ELO
Like many outfits that have disbanded, ELO – Electric Light Orchestra if you will — has faced the fervor that comes with various principals fighting for the rights to its … Read more
Chris Yakopcic
This is an absolutely stunning surprise, packed with great material, picking and music of the highest order. Chris Yakopcic is a clearly talented acoustic/resonator guitar picker with a complete mastery … Read more
Los Lobos – 12/21 – City Winery (New York, NY)
At this point, after 40-odd years, you either know Los Lobos or you don’t. And if you don’t, you’re really, really missing out. Since the 1980s, this Los Angeles-bred … Read more
Nils Lofgren
Nils Lofrgren has always been an unassuming journeyman, a reliable musician and sideman, whose work with his various ensembles (Grin, Crazy Horse and, most famously of all, the E Street … Read more
Mike Zito & The Wheel
Mike Zito and his band The Wheel have consistently shown that the blues is far from the monosyllable idiom that people sometimes assume. While his allegiance to that genre is … Read more
Patterson Hood – 12/19 – The State Room (Salt Lake City, UT)
You may know him as the son of legendary Muscle Shoals bassist David Hood. You may know him from his new band with R.E.M.’s Mike Mills and members of … Read more
Marcia Ball – 12/12 – FitzGerald’s (Berwyn, IL)
FitzGerald’s—along with the various nightclubs that have previously occupied its building—is a Chicagoland music institution. Artists of all stripes have been gracing its stage for decades. And when it came … Read more
