Reviews

FreshGrass Festival

In just its fifth year, FreshGrass continues to affirm its prominence as one of the finest annual music events in the Northeast. Though its lineups trend toward the ever-expanding universe … Read more

Phil Lesh and Friends

All Photos By George Kopp Phil Lesh and his current line-up of friends rocked Central Park on a warm late summer night, performing mostly Grateful Dead covers, but exploring and … Read more

Nocona

For the first few seconds of the title track “Long Gone Song,” you think you’re listening to a typical blues album, but then it quickly transforms into something much more … Read more

Max Frost

Max Frost wasn’t a man of many words. His lunchtime set at the Atlantic Records office, meant to be both an album launch and a “special treat” for label employees, … Read more

Outside Lands

Taking place yearly in San Fransico’s Golden Gate Park, Outside Lands is the kind of summer weekend festival that just may make you feel like you’ve fallen down the rabbit hole. … Read more

Paul McCartney

As the latest entries in the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, these two reissues find Sir Macca focusing on his early ’80’s output with the same attention and care he’s paid … Read more

Daphne Lee Martin

The first few tracks of Fall On Your Sword are a bit startling in their scope, but the album quickly comes into focus. There are so many musical influences working … Read more

Van Morrison

The big news here is not yet another collection of Van Morrison’s best songs. Heck, there are three volumes of these compilations as good as this 37-track two disc set. … Read more

Kinky Friedman

Kinky Friedman is something. He has over four decades of experience under his belt and black cowboy hat. He’s a singer, a songwriter and certainly known for some of the … Read more

Guides

Guides explores heavier rock aspects in September 2015’s six-track Abstract Mind EP compared to 2014’s debut self-titled EP. “Abstract Head” starts off the album with dark guitar, vocals, drums and … Read more