Reviews

Kiefer Sutherland at Irving Plaza

Photos by Debra Rothenberg As long as we’ve had stages, certain actors have fronted their own bands—especially if they were well known. Many were just awful. Thank goodness multi-award-winning actor … Read more

The Allman-Betts Band

The Allman-Betts Band consists of three sons of the prominent members of The Allman Brothers Band,: Devon Allman (guitar, vocals), Duane Betts (guitar, vocals), and Berry Oakley, Jr. (bass), along … Read more

Mark Cline Bates

Mark Cline Bates grew up on his family farm In West Virginia where the Bates family has lived for four generations. The values of hard work, determination, sacrifice, and survival … Read more

Peter Perrett

Ever the sneering cynic, Peter Perrett’s bedside manner isn’t very reassuring in “Believe in Nothing,” as he matter-of-factly states, “It’s not a time of hope, living is a joke.” Then … Read more

Gov’t Mule

Recalling an early barroom hair-raiser with Gov’t Mule makes 25 years of incendiary music fly by in a blink. Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody were … Read more

Andy Thorn

You don’t have to be as flashy or weird as Béla Fleck to make an impression with a banjo. Plenty of players and listeners alike feel just as much at … Read more

Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis

This fourth release from the Lone Star state’s leading Americana couple, Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis, is yet another in a line of duo releases that have especially colored the … Read more

The Black Watch

Galvanized by the ’90s’ scuzzy insurgency of Nirvana and other grunge subversives, who suddenly found themselves squinting at the glare of newfound discovery, the great escape of that decade’s indie-rock … Read more