Posted in November, 2019

Matt Patershuk

Canada has given us some incredible musicians. With hints of Ian Tyson, Matt Patershuk blends human sagas with the backdrop of his Alberta home. From the start, If Wishes Were … Read more

Premiere: Gangstagrass backstage

Gangstagrass released their fifth album and first live recording, Pocket Full of Fire, earlier this year, continuing their pairing of bluegrass and hip-hop, two genres paired as perfectly as Beauty and … Read more

Trampled By Turtles fires up Brooklyn Bowl

Photos and Review by Lou Montesano Alt-country is a legitimate and growing music category while alt-bluegrass remains more of a sub-genre. One wouldn’t know that, though, by the sold-out house … Read more

Geraint Watkins

Geraint Watkins is probably a name largely unknown to many US music lovers. But the likelihood is they will have heard him play somewhere down the road as one of … Read more

Superstar benefit to support kids’ music

November 12th, T. Graham Brown will join Steve Cropper along with legendary musicians Brian May (Queen), Joe Walsh (The Eagles), Sammy Hagar, Mickey Dolenz (The Monkees), Jason Scheff (longtime lead vocalist of Chicago), Paul Shaffer (The Late Show with David Letterman), Albert Lee, The Imperials, John Carter Cash and … Read more

Big Dave McLean

Hailing from the prairies of Winnipeg, Big Dave McLean is a highly acclaimed Canadian roots and blues musician, dubbed by some as “Winnipeg’s ‘Howlin’ Wolf.” His gruff, raspy voice resembles … Read more

Johnny Rawls

  The prolific soul man Johnny Rawls is back, as he is every year, with another release. We count on it. This writer has witnessed Rawls in performance from festivals … Read more

Matchedash Parish

Saturday Night is an excellent ten-track release from Canada, a band of top Canadian session musicians who evidently have a love of good, old-fashioned soul music. With a full-throated, twelve-piece … Read more

Zack Walther Band

The Westerner, from the Texas-based Zack Walther Band,­ is a conscious effort to blend genres. Known primarily as a country and Americana artist, singer/guitarist Walther brings blues, R&B, and rock­­—anything … Read more