After a meteoric rise to fame in the ’90s that culminated in the hit single “Backwater,” the Meat Puppets (consisting mainly of brothers Cris and Curt Kirkwood) parted ways, leaving … Read more

Music City Roots, broadcast live on WSM weekly from The Loveless Barn outside of Nashville, is sort of a low-rent Grand Ole Opry. Low-rent in the best, most glorious sense … Read more

Deviating from his signature soulful sound, Ben Harper tries his hand at a more psychedelic look at love and life on Give Till It’s Gone. The album’s high energy infectiously … Read more

Almost 20 years after her first album, The Time Has Come in 1992, McBride has begun anew with a new record label and 11 new songs, six of which she … Read more

Moody Standard and Poor is the second release by Obits, Brooklyn’s indie-rock all star band. Comprised of former members of Hot Snakes, Edsel and Shortstack, Obits know what’s been done … Read more

Jimmy Webb wrote some of the most popular songs of the past several decades: “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Up, Up and Away,” ”Didn’t We,” ”Wichita Lineman,” “Highwayman” … Read more

Hailing from an off-the-grid enclave in Vermont, King Tuff (aka Kyle Thomas) rules his own republic of obscurity while churning out a feral breed of righteous power pop. This is … Read more

The music industry is home to many inscrutable practices, but why this certifiably punk pub/new pop masterpiece has been out of print for nearly two decades, and hasn’t received the … Read more

NOTE: This review also contains a review of the duo’s recent live performance at Terra Blues in New York City. Peter Karp and Sue Foley enjoyed separate but equal successes … Read more