The Cash Box Kings offer up a tasty sampling of blues styles on their second recording playing jump blues, New Orleans swamp as well as Chicago blues on Black Toppin‘ (Blind Pig Records) but it is on the Chicago blues tracks where […]
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The blues has had an uneasy tension with the church. For many God-fearing people in the deep South, blues music was difficult to reconcile with a church-going lifestyle, because of its association with the juke joint and hard liquor drinking, the association that some bluesmen claimed […]
I’m loathe to miss a good show, but sometimes fortune doesn’t shine kindly. The phenomenon known as Shovels & Rope last played Vancouver on August 2nd of 2012, the same night as the phenomenon called Wagons was playing at the Railway Club. […]
The show had just started when the text message came in from a singer/songwriter friend: “Drinking game: everytime Billy Bragg expresses a political opinion, do a shot.” This elicited a solid chuckle from the group of friends I was sitting with […]
Think Led Zep in stilettos and smeared lipstick. As Deap Vally, the duo of Lindsey Troy (vocals/guitar) and Julie Edwards (drums) put out an eardrum-shattering sound that rivals the arena filling blunderbuss of the Plant/Page/Bonham/Jones quartet, Troy out-shrieking Plant at […]
The Flatlanders with Jimmie Vaughn and the Tilt-a-Whirl Band in concert, Northern Lights Theater. The Flatlanders seem to embody the restless and intricate cultural development called roots music. When they performed last night at Potowatomie Casino in Milwaukee, you could […]
Yes, the wait is over the Del-lords have released their new album called-Elvis Club. More good news the album is spectacular.Recorded at Eric Ambel’s home studio it has a far superior sound quality than previous records. the sound has classic […]
From the opening scratchy intro (intended) and its guitar twang, the band — Waiting For Henry seems to have been worth waiting for. But that guitar twang is not on every song – some songs burn, some smolder and some […]
Mary Gauthier played open mics, songwriters’ stages, clubs, and theatres, but never recorded a live record before. The Louisiana native describes herself as a Southern folksinger, which led to “brand confusion” when she was still based in Boston. Despite accolades […]
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