With his sailing vocals and explosive instrumentals, Brooklyn singer/songwriter Joe Marson is singlehandedly reinventing what it means to have soul by blending pop elements with soul grooves and catchy lyrics. … Read more
Nashville’s Turbo Fruits have long been one of the best things to come out of that city’s psych-rock scene. Their fried, raucous take on familiar garage-rock sounds has helped them … Read more
After an illness left Brad Reiman deaf in his left ear, he stepped away from music. But not for long. After college and a series of backpacking adventures around the … Read more
Bobby Emmons, the musician and songwriter who was a staple of the music scenes in Nashville and Memphis for decades, has died, according to a report in the Memphis Commercial Appeal. … Read more
Stew is a celebrated singer/songwriter and a Tony Award winner, for his musical, Passing Strange. Double Naught Spy Car is a four-piece instrumental group made up of guitarist Marcus Watkins, … Read more
Swedish folk singer Kristian Matsson, better known to his fans as The Tallest Man On Earth, is returning with his first album in three years, Dark Bird Is Home. Over the … Read more
The seventh annual edition of the popular Brooklyn Folk Festival is scheduled for April 17-19 at the historic St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn Heights—the first time … Read more
Rising singer/songwriter Novo Amor is from Wales, but on his new song, “Callow,” he sounds as if he is singing from some distant, cold moon, way out in the solar system. … Read more
One half of the North Carolina-based, folk-pop six-piece Delta Rae is composed of three siblings—Ian, Eric and Brittany Hölljes—whose … Read more
Jazz trumpeter Clark Terry, who performed with some of the genre’s biggest names over the course of his long career, has died, according to a report in Rolling Stone. He was … Read more
