Premiere: Dwayne Shivers in these “Particular Times”
Real musicians make up Dwayne Shivers (Is it a guy? A group? Or what Dwayne does at the North Pole?). Actually Dwayne Shivers is a funhouse folk ensemble from East … Read more
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Goodbye…Dick Dale
Dick Dale, whose unique style became a genre in the 1960s, passed away after years of ill-health serious enough to have retired other performers, but which spurred Dale on to regular touring, … Read more
Premiere: The Rayo Brothers, passing through Colorado
Brothers Daniel and Jesse Reaux began performing as the Rayo Brothers at a songwriting competition in their home town of Lafayette, Louisiana in 2012. Rooted in folk and country music … Read more
Exclusive: 1MORE Triple Driver Over-Ear Headphones
When it comes to traveling headphones, most of us go for comfort and ease over the sonic performance, but for those who work in audio production and live performance—and … Read more
Premiere: Ryan Smith’s Four Year Bender
Rough-hewn experiences define songwriter Ryan Smith who has detailed a raw portrayal of livin’ hard and escaping one’s own self-inflicted obstacles with his band Four Year Bender’s sophomore studio album, … Read more
Monkee Madness
If you were kid like me, growing up in the ’60s it was easy to be dismissive of The Monkees. Their name alone sounded like a cartoon. After all, we … Read more
Michael Arnone’s Crawfish Fest
Louisiana native Michael Arnone started New Jersey’s Crawfish Fest in 1989 because he and some LSU buddies were homesick for Delta culture, especially crawfish and music. That first year … Read more
Tampa Bay Blues Fest, Apr. 12 – 14
Photos by Laura Carbone The award-winning Tampa Bay Blues Festival celebrates its twenty-fifth year of bringing the very best blues music to the shores of Tampa Bay from April 12 to … Read more
Premiere: Bob Hillman is Free
San Francisco singer/songwriter Bob Hillman has entered the second act of a career that began in the late 1990s, was interrupted by ten years of “real jobs,” then resumed in … Read more
