There will be a ton of talent heading to Cleveland from April 19th to the 27th participating in this year’s Tri-C JazzFest including Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Natalie Cole, and Michael Feinstein. But this writer is looking forward to the […]
There will be a ton of talent heading to Cleveland from April 19th to the 27th participating in this year’s Tri-C JazzFest including Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Natalie Cole, and Michael Feinstein. But this writer is looking forward to the […]
After living for seven months in New York, slightly north of the city in the soon to be blooming Hudson Valley, a mere 28 minutes from Grand Central Station…I have some observations to share. 1. There may indeed be 1,352 […]
I’m a freelance photo-journalist so I have a vested interest here; but judging by the comments attached to this article in the Guardian newspaper even ‘normal’ music fans are getting annoyed by the amount of camera-phones at gigs these days. […]
Finely rendered Americana modern-pop The quality of music one person can create in a home studio is at times stupefying. The technology to make high-quality recordings can be bought, but the imagination to coherently layer instruments and voices over time […]
This week we feature some of the artists now booking dates on the European House Concert Hub at www.houseconcert.eu and artists starting out on tour this month such as My Darling Clementine and Kinky Freedman. New music from Camper Van Beethoven, Billy Bragg , Keegan McInroe & The […]
John Fullbright is… …twenty-five years old in a couple of weeks time…a shy, unassuming personality off stage…a young man with a commanding presence on stage…making waves across both sides of the Atlantic…a GRAMMY nominee…playing London for the second time in […]
Peter Stampfel at 72 might be the grand old man of American string band music but anyone who has seen him play recently will attest to the fact that he is one of the “zingiest” characters you could ever hope […]
Unabashed bluegrass, blues, Dixieland and more This three piece (Ben Plasse – upright bass and banjo; Ian Craft – fiddle and banjo; Jared Green – guitar and harmonica; all three on vocals) performs its mountain bluegrass, Dixieland and late-night blues […]
I met Anna Tivel at the same fateful Triple Door show that brought me Inside the Songs features for Jeffrey Martin and Nathaniel Talbot, and the three are all friends and colleagues. Together they’re building quite a creative songwriting community! On her […]
FRESH TRACK: Matt Andersen – “Magnolia”Check it out
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