EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article appeared in our Spring 2016: Roots & Branches issue of No Depression in print. Its author, Denis Gainty, was working on a book about the history of bluegrass music in Japan, and contributed another related article to […]
Oblivion: The Music of Bud Powell – Tim Whalen (WayHay Music) The Tim Whalen Trio will perform on Thursday, April 6 at The Jazz Estate in Milwaukee. “Oblivion,” the title of a Bud Powell tune, might be the single best […]
Live performances are moments captured in time. As fate would have it, the recent appearance of Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn in Carmel, rounding off a three-week tour, took place in the aftermath of a (qualified) bit of good news: […]
The sheer brilliance that each of these three artist beholds on their own is mind shattering. Last evening the beauty and utterly sublime nature of the performance put on by Aoife solo, Julian and Chris together and then the three […]
Christina Schroeter believes Family of the Year, which some critics have dubbed an indie pop group, is “genreless.” Merriam-Webster may not recognize that adjective, but Schroeter, the group’s keyboard player and vocalist, is certain. “Anyone who has only heard our […]
Should you ever Google ‘Curse Of Lono,’ the browser will offer two answers to your query. The first is a book “about Hunter S. Thompson’s druggy exploits in Hawaii whilst covering the 1980 Honolulu Marathon.” Scroll down, and the alternative […]
It’s 1986 in Dublin and a 14 year old named Mick McCormack is working at a Self Aid charity gig. The band he’s seeing is called Interference and to the teenager, their confidence is matched by their music, a combination […]
DERVISH in Concert Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the KiMo Theatre ALBUQUERQUE New Mexico –an AMP Concert Cathy Jordan, from County Roscommon, joined the Irish traditional folk group “The Boys from Sligo” in 1991, bringing with her a rapturous pop-rock vocal […]
Every year thousands of artists take to crowdfunding sites to raise money for studio costs for their new album; enough of them that there are now multiple platforms available for the musician to choose from. Each offers its own unique […]
Although I don’t know John Platt, I came across his name while reading up on a new artist I like, Bill Scorzari, and there was a quote from him. The shared interest in an artist was good enough for me […]
