Rachael Sage
First a disclaimer… To compare Rachel Sage to other great women artists of our age is by no means intended as a chauvinist statement. Her dozen or so previous offerings … Read more
Reviews
The Highwaymen
By the time 1990 rolled around, the rugged foursome comprising country music’s greatest supergroup had each been to Hell and back. Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash had all … Read more
Loudoun Wainwright III and Iris DeMent
At the end of his typically quirky, dryly humorous set at the Birchmere last Wednesday night, Loudoun Wainwright III, reciting passages from a moving article written by his father for … Read more
Elephant Revival
The energy and dynamism that emanate from Petals— Elephant Revival’s fourth full-length studio album– is a tuneful, folkadelic and slightly spiritual musical experience. Hailing from Nederland, Colorado, Elephant Revivalʼs singer/songwriters Bonnie Paine … Read more
Tim Hockenberry
Winners of TV singing competitions generally tend to be one hit wonders who make an album or two and end up with a career that’s relatively short lived. Hype and … Read more
The Rides
Muddy Waters once said, “The blues had a baby and they named it rock and roll.” Though Stephen Stills called the Rides his “dream blues band,” Muddy’s words come to … Read more
Petra Haden
Much like mime, a cappella is generally best enjoyed in limited doses. Barbershop quartets and the occasional experimental tome aside, it can go only so far based on cleverness and … Read more
Steven Tyler
Just 24 hours prior to announcing a slew of summer tour dates, Steven Tyler gave the packed house in the David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, a taste of … Read more
Al Scorch
It’s all too apparent that the new wave of populist nu-folk/newgrass performers have made a profound impression. Bands like the Avett Brothers, Lumineers and Mumford and Sons have influenced any … Read more
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
Everyone knows and goes reflexively ape-shit about Clapton’s stint and Mick Taylor‘s tenure with the Bluesbreakers. But, along with Free’s Andy Graser, Peter Green is the least discussed and critically … Read more
