It’s rare that the title of this column carries a double meaning, but in the case of that traipsing troubadour Brooks Williams, the underlying message comes to the fore. Williams is, after all, an American transplant who currently makes his […]
The inaugural Firebrand Friday hosted by Tom Morello took place last Friday at Genghis Cohen in Hollywood, and it was just the best. Hearkening back to the Hotel Cafe days when Morello had these nights in residency where he would bring in […]
I ask this question for a second time in the past month – does it take a lot of guts to get on stage and present a set of new material? Stephen Kellogg took the stage for this sold-out show […]
Shawn Colvin with Emmylou Harris and Buddy Miller There are some artists who should lean their catalog toward cover songs rather than original compositions. Shawn Colvin is not, however, one of them. As wonderful as she is as an interpreter […]
Devin Cuddy — whose Devin Cuddy Band released its second album last year — has seen many memorable shows, but the Canadian singer-songwriter says none rivals Bruce Springsteen in Toronto on the Wrecking Ball tour in August 2012. “It was just an incredible show […]
