SUSTO
A sold out show in their hometown is just one highlight of SUSTO’s burgeoning music career. The Southern folk meets gospel rock five-piece started out with gigs around South … Read more
Posted in March, 2017
Exclusive: Just when you thought you couldn’t get a hotel….
just in time for Miami Music Week, we found a $150,000 “Flying High” travel package. (Cheapo-O Air regulars should either skip this, or read very carefully.) Partygoers from around the world flock … Read more
Bonnie Raitt
There are few legacy acts that hold up as well in vivacity of performance and care in musical persona as Bonnie Raitt, veritable patron saint of roots rock and preservation. … Read more
Marie Trout – The Blues: Why It Still Hurts So Good
You might recognize her name. Marie Trout, PhD, is the wife of blues rock guitarist Walter Trout, who missed death by getting a liver transplant just in time. He has … Read more
Martin Torgoff — Bop Apocalypse: Jazz, Race, The Beats & Drugs
We’ve all known, even the hard core non-vipers among us, that America’s seven-decade war on drugs, especially everyone’s favorite innocuous little weed—marijuana—is, when stated simply, honestly—bullshit. The draconian Marihuana Tax … Read more
Atlantic Union
There’s an essential purity to Celtic music that remains undiminished by commercial concerns and the intrusion of modern trappings. Based in Newfoundland Canada, the trio known as Atlantic Union cull … Read more
Santana
This has long been my favorite Santana album. Unfortunately, many people are not familiar with it, so this reissue is most welcome. Lotus was originally issued as 3 LPs … Read more
Soul Scratch
A San Francisco band with a mission, Soul Scratch calls on the healing power of R&B and soul to unite people in joy and love. Does this sound more like … Read more
Don McLean — Starry Starry Night: Live in Austin
An unscientific poll suggests that most people only associate Don McLean with his mega-hit “American Pie,” but anyone who has heard “Vincent (Starry Starry Night)” will know that he is … Read more
Chuck Prophet
“I Fought the Law” was the only major hit for the Bobby Fuller Four, reaching the top ten in early 1966. By July, Bobby Fuller had died under mysterious circumstances. … Read more
