1. Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free 2. Songhoy Blues – Music In Exile 3. Robert Chaney – Cracked Picture Frames 4. Mbongwana Star – From Kinshasa 5. Melody Gardot – Currency Of Man 6. The Very Best – […]
1. Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free 2. Songhoy Blues – Music In Exile 3. Robert Chaney – Cracked Picture Frames 4. Mbongwana Star – From Kinshasa 5. Melody Gardot – Currency Of Man 6. The Very Best – […]
Good music, much like good food, good beer and good friends, is one of life’s greatest pleasures. As wonderful as the old familiar favorites are, it’s always fun to discover something new. Whether it’s a brew or a band, there’s […]
There were many reasons for the six-year gap between Webb Wilder’s new album, Mississippi Moderne, and 2009’s More Like Me, but the years that passed may have been the glue that solidified the most recent release on Landslide Records. “The […]
It was surreal. There I was standing in the basement kitchen of the Red Clay Music Foundry with Eddie Owen while Shawn Mullins and Michelle Malone talked about grocery shopping. I felt as though I’d stepped back in time to […]
There used to be a function in iTunes where you could sort your songs by how many times you’d listened to them. It may still be there, but I’ve learned it can be a bit unsettling to peer that deep […]
2015 has been an incredible year for podcasts. Top-notch programs from media powerhouses and coalitions of their expatriates have brought the medium to general recognition in America. Many of the early, grassroots, or DIY programs, though, went on permanent hiatus […]
“You know it’s going to be an older crowd when they don’t bother putting up the barrier at a punk rock show,” said one of The Showbox’s security guards, when I asked her where I was allowed to take photos. […]
Special to the Wheeling Daily Register, Jan. 20, 1894: WILD E, W. Va., January 19. – John Hardy, for killing Thomas Drews, both colored, was hung at 2:09 p.m. to-day. Three thousand people witnessed his death. His neck was broken and […]
Listen to a selection of artists on Mixcloud or Spotify January Little Jimmy Dickens, country vocalist and guitarist Andrae Crouch, pastor and gospel vocalist Curtis Lee, vocalist (“Pretty Little Angel Eyes”) Ray McFall, nightclub owner (The Cavern […]
The last week of another year has arrived. And while, sure, a year is a sort of arbitrary way to group artistic projects, this transition from one calendar year to another affords us the opportunity to take stock of what […]
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