Al Gold
New Jersey-based guitarist and vocalist Al Gold offers a potpourri of blues styles on his punny, tongue-in-cheek titled Al Gold’s Paradise. This is a loose, free-flowing session anchored by his … Read more
Posted in March, 2020
Luke Haines & Peter Buck
The door to a sprawling and often dark psychedelic-pop playground opens after kindred oddball spirits Luke Haines & Peter Buck ask, “Is anybody there?” Eccentric geniuses such as The Ramones, … Read more
Premiere: Say Somethin’, urges David Clayton-Thomas
His 1968 debut album with Blood Sweat & Tears sold 10 million copies worldwide, charting for a staggering 109 weeks and winning five Grammy awards, including Album of the Year … Read more
Hat Fitz & Cara
One is a craggy Australian guitarist with a weatherworn voice known to work fertile hill country blues soil until his fingers bleed. The other is an Irish songbird turned drummer … Read more
Tibet House Benefit comes to Carnegie Hall
Photos courtesy of Tibet House An exercise in diversity, the Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert & Gala draws a well-educated, high-profile audience not only on the strength of its … Read more
Whitney Shay
Whitney Shay returns to the recording ring with a truly inspired offering on Germany’s premier blues label, Ruf. Following the acclaim garnered by her last release, A Woman Rules the … Read more
Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture
Often described as a sleepy little college town, Athens, Georgia, was wide awake in the 1980s. Roused from its slumber by a percolating DIY music scene that piqued the curiosity … Read more
