Chip Taylor
Photos by Ebet Roberts It was homecoming night for “Wild Thing” Chip Taylor at the baroque Cutting Room club. Friends, family, fellow patrons of his neighborhood bar and a few … Read more
Reviews
Gregory Alan Isakov
Over the course of four mesmerizing albums, Gregory Alan Isakov has managed to weave a spellbinding aural palette, a combination of vivid textures and tones and lush sonic suggestion. It’s … Read more
Paul Simon
Photos by Kyra Kverno I go to concerts for a living, and Paul Simon’s performance was the best I’ve seen in years. First, Simon has such a catalogue of good music … Read more
Firefly Festival, Pt. 3
The last day of a major festival produces mixed feelings: dread that normal life will resume at the end of the night, and relief that at the end of the … Read more
Travis Green
Green’s statement that he was having trouble finding the right space and players in Austin, of all places, is perplexing, but he, like many, respect Kid Andersen’s production talents. It’s … Read more
The Rave-Ups
This is the west coast version of Jason & the Scorchers, both coming along around the same time in the mid-eighties. The Rave-Ups were a bunch of young kids channeling … Read more
Kenny Garrett
Detroit-born Kenny Garrett is a traditional jazz musician who likes to stretch the envelope. He understands that most audiences want to groove, want to dance and don’t mind hearing a … Read more
Michika Fukumori
Quality Time, Michika Fukumori‘s second disc as a session leader, (Infinite Thoughts, 2014), opens light and lyrically with a Jule Styne’s perfect “Make Someone Happy,” immediately setting the tone for this … Read more
Eric Krasno
For nearly two decades, Eric Krasno has made his bones as a musician, songwriter and producer across the rock, soul and jazz spectrum. His latest solo release, Blood From A Stone, … Read more
Gobsmacked!
Gobsmacked! is a goody bag of slick, cheesy fun backed up by an array of vocal prowess. The acapella troupe opened the show with a symbolic coming into harmony, with … Read more
