Coinciding with the 2015 Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference, legions of Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes fans packed into B.B. King Blues Club in the heart of New York … Read more
Folk Uke, followed by Hector Ward & the Big Time group and then Guy Forsyth and his band delivered an eclectic mix of folk, blues, reggae, funk and bluegrass music … Read more
What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World opens with the song “A Singer Addresses His Audience,” a somewhat sincere somewhat tongue in cheek disclaimer to eager fans about fame’s … Read more
When John Mellencamp growls “I don’t want to die” during “Down in the Bottom,” you might just believe he never will. Performing songs from his 2003 covers album Trouble No … Read more
Clarinetist Ben Goldberg is not exaggerating when he calls Orphic Machine the most ambitious project of his more than 25-year career. Working from the “speculative poetics” of author and critic … Read more
Mavis Staples throws a terrific birthday party. By terrific I mean that the City of Chicago declares the day in her honor, other music legends gather from all over the … Read more
He has played a road tripping idiot, America’s favorite news anchor and everything in between, but tonight his role was that of a folk/blues singer/songwriter. Accompanied by his son, Ben … Read more
Sludging now, as we are, through the snow drifts and grey days of the mid-winter doldrums, I find it an appropriate moment to pull out my store of Christmas nostalgia and … Read more
As the much-heralded reunion tour with essential member Christine McVie wrapped to a close—or nearly so, as the BB&T Center performance marked the 39th of 40 concert dates this year—there … Read more
Sweet dreams must sound a lot like pop icon Annie Lennox singing a collection of favorite soul, jazz and blues songs, on Nostalgia, her newest album released by Blue Note … Read more
