As many of you may know, I have recently been advocating for a new music movement called “XXX”. There have been a few naysayers both here and elsewhere around the web, but I am of the opinion that we have already […]
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Emma Hill is one of those rare singer/songwriters whose heartfelt and well-written songs forego the surface of things entirely and hit home every time. That was the case with all of the songs on her 2009 full-length release “Clumsy […]
So you want to treat your valentine to a special evening? Make plans to have a nice romantic dinner at The Grovewood Tavern & Wine Bar (17105 Grovewood Ave) or Scotty’s Italian Eatery (882 E 185th St) before attending The […]
Young & Old is a great début album from Harlan Pepper, a four-piece band of youthful roots rockers from Hamilton the guys deservedly scooped a pair of accolades at The Hamilton Music Awards in 2010,picking up both New Artist/Group of the Year and Folk/Roots Recording of the Year, […]
Discovering Cahalen Morrison & Eli West reminds me that there is an upside to digital technology shaking up the music industry. I came to their music through twitter, when their promoter, Hearth Music, began following my feed. I followed Hearth’s […]
The Walker, by Sean Rowe Anti Records is one of those labels that releases albums by so many great artists (Mavis Staples, Bettye LaVette, Neko Case, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Tom Waits, Joe Henry, etc.) that when […]
The kind of music discussed by the No Depression community is often characterized by strong artists who, in a more perfect world, would receive more attention than they do. This week, higher-visibility releases, such as the big-label debut by Iron […]
When Tompkins Square released the first of its Charlie Louvin recordings, Smoke asked The Lomax Archive‘s Nathan Salsburg to visit with Charlie in Nashville. He came away with two video interviews and four original video performances of traditional murder ballads. […]
Whenever I want to make sure I’m keeping up with the best new bands in Seattle I turn to Abbey Simmons and her popular Sound on the Sound blog. She’s always got her ear to the ground and is […]
Prologue Los Angeles 1980: Somewhere around the middle of Eddie Zip’s second set on any Friday night at an Italian restaurant just south of Third on La Brea an older, well dressed black man would walk through the door, take […]
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