Storyteller Bob Bradshaw crafts compelling characters and brings them to his audiences with intimacy and conviction. One moment he’s an impulsive daredevil, the next, a sea-weary pirate, or next simply … Read more
Carrie Clark and her band The Lonesome Lovers craft their own distinct flavor of modern pop honkey-tonk with warm, in-the-pocket confidence. Clark herself began her music career early, and has … Read more
Hope Dunbar’s life could be a documentary remake of The Wizard of Oz: A house on the Nebraska plain, a pastor husband, two teenage sons living at home, a hit … Read more
Formed in Western Massachusetts, Forest was a working band, playing mostly rock clubs and colleges throughout New England from the mid- to late ’70s. Rooted in American blues, the band … Read more
Five-time Grammy-winner and multiple Hall-of-Fame member Cindy Cashdollar was born to music in Woodstock, NY. The Dobro and lap steel master has played with locals Bob Dylan, Levon Helm and … Read more
Robert Allen Parker is a Memphis-based guitarist, songwriter, producer and veteran of both the creative midtown Memphis music scene and the downtown Memphis blues scene. The River’s Invitation presents Parker’s … Read more
Yesterday, the Blues Foundation announced it has rescinded Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s 2021 Blues Music Award nomination for Best Blues/Rock Artist over his use of the Confederate flag, and asked … Read more
Sam Pace sets his own pace, and, with Sam Pace and the Gilded Grit, has defined his own, new genre as “soul surrealism.” Whatever you call it, this tune—his second … Read more
Christopher Jones started with cello at age three, played in the family orchestra as a kid, and went on to earn a Bachelors in Cello Performance, and a Masters and … Read more
Among the newest generation of bands in the tradition of West Coast psychedelia, Triptides have blossomed into the role of elegant adventurers, continually discovering their sound through a complex map … Read more
