Echo Sparks – Ghost Town Girl
Echo Sparks’ Ghost Town Girl captures the heart of any inner flower child within listening distance of its 1960’s California sound. Like the lyrics for the single, “Broken Arrow,” this … Read more
Reviews
Chuck Berry – The Complete Chess Singles: As & Bs 1955-61
Everyone from The Beatles to Jimi Hendrix to Elton John has paid homage to Chuck Berry, and for good reason. Berry was the torch-bearing pioneer for rock n’ roll that … Read more
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead isn’t your average side project. Joe Russo founded the band in 2013, after playing for five years in Furthur, Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Phil … Read more
Angaleena Presley – American Middle Class
She hails from Kentucky. Her father was a coal miner who taught her her first guitar song when she was 15. Her mother was a school teacher and direct descendant … Read more
Gov’t Mule Featuring John Scofield
Photos by Mandy Pichler With the venue’s heater broken on yet another glacially cold evening, the Riv was showing all of its 98 years of age. However, Gov’t Mule–celebrating its 20th anniversary–and … Read more
Colleen Green – I Want To Grow Up
A rock ‘n roll princess through-and-through, Colleen Green is bringing sad sass to the otherwise chill dream-pop genre. With her latest album, I Want To Grow Up, the L.A. singer/songwriter unloads her … Read more
Texas Medal Of Arts Awards
Photos by Donna Marie Miller Celebrities lit up the stage at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin on February 25 for the Texas Medal of Arts Awards … Read more
Pops Staples – Don’t Lose This
He was ill and nearly 84. But in 1999, at his daughters’ urging, Roebuck Staples (“Pops” to the world) picked up his guitar, creating the tracks on Don’t Lose This. … Read more
Les McCann – Invitation to Openness
This treasured work from 1972 is appearing on CD for the first time. Of course, most listeners are familiar with jazz pianist and vocalist Les McCann from his 1969 hit, … Read more
