Rich Hope
From the rainy, woodsy Pacific Northwest with love, I’m All Yours arrives as a passionate dispatch from Vancouver’s Rich Hope gushing over the kind of swirling, psychedelic garage-rock, rough-and-tumble R&B … Read more
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Beau Weevils
Beau Weevil, pronounced boll weevil, is usually something no one wants hanging around. In the case of this Beau Weevil, music lovers will definitely want this new quartet hanging around … Read more
Jonathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys
Lured by the romance of the open road, hoping to connect with like-minded songwriters also afflicted with wanderlust and obsessed with authenticity, Jonathan Byrd has been searching high and … Read more
The Gibson Brothers
Who could have seen this coming? Maybe those who know the brothers Eric and Leigh Gibson from as far back as their upbringing in the northernmost farmlands of New York … Read more
Mike Love’s Christmas party
Photos by Debra Rothenberg Four veteran artists got together to sing in the Christmas season, although at least one veteran could have been another’s grandson (Zac Hanson is 33, Mike … Read more
Doc Watson & David Grisman
Of the 53 albums “Doc” Watson recorded during his legendary career, 15 of them were of live concerts. In my opinion, his live recordings were always some of his best, … Read more
Ted Piltzecker
A little out of left field, we were re-introduced to the vibraphone—the pedal steel of jazz—by a master. A former trumpeter in Chuck Mangione’s Jazz Ensemble and the George Shearing … Read more
J. S. Ondara at the UMG Holiday party
Photos by Debra Rothenberg One of the perks of being a music writer is hearing new music, often in unexpected places. Such was the case when UMG/Verve/Forecast had a holiday … Read more
Lenny Bruce at The Cutting Room, NYC
“I’m Not A Comedian . . . I’m Lenny Bruce” LIVE on stage through December 30, 2018 When Pearl Jam opened for The Rolling Stones at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on … Read more
The Posies
Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow were headed for a divorce. The signs were everywhere on 1996’s Amazing Disgrace, a tour de force of glorious, angst-ridden power-pop that followed 1993’s sweetly … Read more
