Posted in January, 2019

Hunt Sales Memorial

Assuming the role of snake charmer on drums and bashing out an unforgettably primal, hip-shaking groove that was wildly hypnotic and wantonly sexual, Hunt Sales lit a dancing fire under … Read more

Chris O’Leary

7 Minutes Late is harpist/singer-songwriter Chris O’Leary’s fourth studio release and fifth overall. Through a few changes and expanded lineup since his impressive 2010 debut, Mr. Used To Be, O’Leary … Read more

Amelia White

Riding a wild elevator of emotional highs and lows over a span of four days, as she mourned her mother’s passing and experienced the joy of marrying her partner, East … Read more

Soul Asylum

Before jumping to the big leagues with A&M Records and later finding multi-platinum success with Columbia, Soul Asylum had unfinished business with its plucky local imprint, Twin Tone Records. Their … Read more

The Flesh Eaters

Reconvening the star-studded lineup that gritted its teeth and roared through 1981’s black-hearted, brawling A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die album, perhaps their finest hour, Chris Desjardins (aka … Read more

Pierce Pettis

Billy Joe Shaver may have coined the phrase, “I may not be able to sing them real well, but I sure can write them,” a songwriter’s statement that could just … Read more

John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists

On February 10, 2019, John Daversa’s CD, American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom, won three Grammy Awards:  Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella – “Stars and Stripes Forever”; Best Improvised … Read more