Posted in October, 2017

Joni: The Anthology

Imagine Joni Mitchell, age 9, smoking cigarettes and listening to Claude Debussy records at her Saskatchewan home. Though this prairie girl was pigeonholed into the realm of folk as she … Read more

Robert Plant

The world is peppered with musical magpies: musicians who are ever-searching, listening for new, refreshingly interesting rhythms and tones, the next nugget of aural treasure lurking just around the corner. … Read more

Chris “Bad News” Barnes

Chris “Bad News” Barnes is pretty much an elemental force, a guy of unexpected musical tastes, thoughts and interests. Often, and certainly self-billed, as the King of Hokum, Barnes is … Read more

Calico The Band

  Built around the songwriting and gorgeous vocals of Mander Mosher and Kirsten Proffit, Calico The Band proudly carries the torch of California country rock. Working with a hand-picked group … Read more

Premiere: The Contenders

Singer/songwriter Jay Nash and singer and drummer Josh Day bonded in Los Angeles over a decade ago, sharing a love of The Band, roots music, and a sacred admiration for … Read more

Ranky Tanky

Down in the lowlands of South Carolina there is a quintet making their own unique noise. Building on the West African language of Gullah, which means “a people blessed by … Read more

Eilen Jewell

  Eilen Jewell ain’t your usual blueswoman, with a gritty past and a voice to match. Pretty, blond-ish and young, Jewell’s vocals could deliver Barbra Streisand’s catalogue in a posh … Read more

Canyon City

Step across the threshold of this lonely, old house of an album and the feeling of isolation is palpable. Heavy, trudging steps up stairs are the first sounds heard on … Read more

Bill Carter

  Texan Bill Carter—a distant relative of country’s legendary Carter family—ranks among those elite singer/songwriters who can use so few words to get so much across. Surely everyone’s known some … Read more