Marlena
When anyone decides to break into the music scene they need two key tools– a strong desire and a hell of a voice. This could certainly be said for singer/songwriter … Read more
Reviews
Zach Madden
Zach Madden’s Daybreak Songs is an album filled with intimate tracks and simple melodies. There’s an abundance of quietly strummed acoustic guitar, hints of violin and backing female vocals that … Read more
Eric Brace & Peter Cooper
Eric Brace and Peter Cooper document their impressionistic experiences in the thriving folk and bluegrass scene in the Washington D.C. area of the seventies. Both the title track and “He … Read more
Lynyrd Skynyrd
A departure from the usual overwrought fare, it seems that Skynyrd has finally received a multidimensional documentary of their calamitous career. Focusing primarily on Ronnie Van Zandt – an obvious … Read more
Sugarcane Collins
An artist so sweet it’s in the name – Sugarcane Collins’ refreshingly traditional Going Back to Clarksdale is the tried and true work of a master blues interpreter. Collins’ latest … Read more
Alejandro Escovedo
Photos By Ebet Roberts Tejano roots-rocker Alejandro Escovedo has digested a wide range of music in his 30-odd years as a performer, from punk rock to hard rock to … Read more
Tommy Castro and the Painkillers
Tommy Castro has been in the biz for four decades, earning fans the old fashion way- traveling the world, playing thousands of shows and performing unique roots/blues/rock blends for the … Read more
Gretchen Peters
The success of her last two records, 2015’s Blackbirds and 2013’s Hello Cruel World, have greatly elevated awareness of Gretchen Peters, who stands at the pinnacle of highly literate and … Read more
Van Wilks
Van Wilks’ 21st Century Blues proves that the bluesy rockin’ guitarist still delivers an inescapable rush of adrenaline, like a fast-moving train, across several major musical landscapes. The non-traditional Texas … Read more
Bill Frisell
Very few musicians are as adept at re-imagining and reinventing the familiar as Bill Frisell has been throughout his expansive solo catalog that exceeds 40 albums, not to mention his … Read more
