Reviews

Radio Moscow

Tune into Radio Moscow’s Live! In California, and mind-blowing transmissions of electric blues-rock soaked in psychedelic Kool-Aid come flooding out, free of static. The messages are almost unintelligible, but the lysergic … Read more

Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain is the band that shoulda been, coulda been. In the pantheon of classic Americana, they never achieved the recognition and respect accorded bands like Wilco, Son Volt, Jayhawks … Read more

Sam Bush

Sam Bush would have every reason to rest on his laurels. As one of the early exponents of the so-called “Nu-Grass” movement, a populist movement that combined bluegrass tradition with … Read more

Simon Kirke and the Empty Pockets

Photos by Lou Montesano Simon Kirke, founding drummer for a pair of beloved 1970s rock bands, has been back on the music scene this summer in a big way. After … Read more

National Park Radio

These days it seems that every artist has a label. Call National Park Radio “indie folk” if you wish. If you’re a fan of Mumford and Sons or the Avett … Read more

Paul Kelly

It takes a certain amount of literary license to put Shakespeare’s sonnets to song, and while Rufus Wainwright attempted it on his album Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets, … Read more

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood

It’s not easy to get your bearings with this record, but that’s the way the band wanted it – loose, experimental and unpredictable. They traverse plenty of ground, from funk … Read more

The Wilder Society

Talented in genres like electronic rock, jazz, surfer punk, and rockabilly, the talents of each of the Wilder Society members shows through out Lion’s Den. A beautiful piece of art, the … Read more

Tall Heights

Photos by Lou Montesano Tall Heights — Tim Harrington on guitar and Paul Wright on cello — started out busking on the streets of Boston, and are now taking their … Read more

Dustin Douglas & the Electric Gentlemen

Like many other regions that don’t receive national attention, northeast Pennsylvania has a vital music scene.  Consider bands like Cabinet, the Badlees, blues artist Clarence Spady and the late reggae … Read more