Posted in August, 2016

Outside Lands

All photos by Kyra Kverno Every year, Outside Lands sells out. But that’s really no surprise– nestled in the picturesque setting of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, the annual fest … Read more

Cahors Blues Festival / Cahors, France

Photos by Laura Carbone American blues and jazz music and musicians have been expatriates in France for years. Miles Davis made it his home, Alberta Hunter, John Lee Hooker, Leadbelly … Read more

Velvet Crush

As far as legendary albums go, Velvet Crush’s Teenage Symphonies To God doesn’t garner more than a cursory nod from the intelligentsia. Regardless, when it comes to classic power pop, … Read more

Marley’s Ghost

Time always seems to stand still when Marley’s Ghost comes to visit. Resisting modernity with an almost Amish sensibility, these West Coast traditionalists stubbornly cling to the past in a … Read more

Girls on Grass

Beauty is in the eye, or rather the ear, of the beholder with Girls On Grass. Hardly the belle of the ball, there’s nothing fancy or precious about the solid, … Read more

Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer

It’s a classic dream: retreating from the world into near-total isolation to put everything into your next creation. Probably few of us could actually handle it for months at a … Read more

Colonial Blue

Any album that’s entitled Dear Misery does not bode well for any kind of uplifting experience, but Colonial Blue’s debut album is less about angst and more about expression. Given … Read more

Alan Jackson

In his newly released DVD, Keepin’ It Country: Live at Red Rocks, Alan Jackson spins tales and sings hit songs he or others have written that topped the country music … Read more