Michael Rank follows up last year’s excellent KIN with the perfect companion piece In The Weeds (LoudsHymn). If you ever wondered what a Band of Joy project might sound like if it was Keith Richards instead of Robert Plant exploring Americana you’ll want to […]
With a strum of the mandolin, Jimbo Mathus kicks off his latest collection of tunes with the epic “In The Garden”, touching on the ever burning battle between good and evil Mathus’ welcomes listeners to the White Buffalo. This latest record […]
Don’t tell Holly Williams that the road is a lonesome place. To begin 2013, there’s nowhere else she’d rather be. Of course, it took a while for the thoughtful singer-songwriter, a breath of fresh Americana heir within country music’s royal […]
With all the talk about the USPS raising rates and reducing delivery, there still is great joy when the postman delivers a padded envelope with a newly released CD stuck inside. One of those cherished packages had a copy of […]
This week has us cheering Bottoms Up, to Oakland, California based four-piece The Hot Toddies. Bottoms Up is the third release from this all girls rock band: Heidi, Erin, Jessica and Sylvia. Since 2005 they have toured the U.S. and Canada for their […]
It’s the day after Super Sunday and along with the coma inducing deep fried snacks, there was the equally (spiritually) unhealthy half time musical entertainment to contend with. Whatever the value for artists in terms of exposure, Super Sunday half […]
Occasional Monkee Michael Nesmith was awarded a patent on Christmas Day for a process that incorporates live video into a virtual environment. Called VR3D, it has the potential to increase the reality quotient of virtual worlds, bumping up interaction and […]
There can’t be many musicians whose debut studio album gets nominated for a GRAMMY award. John Fullbright must therefore be a member of a pretty exclusive club because that’s exactly what has happened to FROM THE GROUND UP. This soon […]
(Reprinted from December 2007) I (John Gorka) was honored to be a part of the celebration of Woody Guthrie’s music entitled “In Woody’s Words” at WXPN’s World Cafe Live in Philadelphia yesterday. The cast also included, Tom Paxton, Jonatha Brooke, […]
