With a crackerjack band featuring Country Music Hall of Famer Harold Bradley and a group of legendary session players, Mandy Barnett–now a Nashville veteran herself–hit the stage running. Kicking things … Read more
Howlin’ out of Tyler, Texas like a Dixie bloodhound moaning at the moon comes Whiskey Myers’ latest, Early Morning Shakes. The band personifies the ultimate wheel-screechin’ Southern mishmash of achingly … Read more
The first thing that strikes you when putting on this album is the beautiful quality of Levi Lowrey’s voice; it’s an honest voice much like the quality you get from … Read more
I was finally able to cross The War on Drugs off of my ‘Bands to See Live’ bucket list after they played their second of three NYC shows at the … Read more
Listening to Silversun Pickups is sort of like eating vanilla ice cream—both experiences are simple and satisfying but would be even better with some extra flavor. Considering that, you’d be … Read more
If you’ve been a musical Rip Van Winkle and are not familiar with Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, you’ve missed out on the unfettered good times of their live … Read more
A requiem is music played in honor of someone who has departed from this world. Dhafer Youssef’s melodies, like birds and human souls, fill the air and drift into the … Read more
Upstate New York native; new Nashvillian (after 35 years of living and working in the UK); author; and filmmaker; Stephen Trombley’s first outing from Music City is a brief but … Read more
What hoped to be a night of activist engagement was a lukewarm and overdrawn passing of the torch at Amnesty International’s Bringing Human Rights Home concert. With a lineup that … Read more
Since they announced their “farewell” in 2010, the Scorpions’ activity level has curiously taken the opposite route. With a hodgepodge of four albums in as many years, including re-recorded hits … Read more
