Colorado-based band Gasoline Lollipops combines the sincerity of dirt-floor folk with the energy and rebelliousness of punk. It’s an all-new incarnation of alt-country that’s high-energy and heartfelt, just like the American highway’s soundtrack. This year marked the release of the GasPops’ debut […]
Ah, it’s the time of year when images of smiling, jolly elves, compliant reindeer, sparkling lights and glittering bells, and flames leaping from crackling logs in the fireplace decorate our neighbors’ homes and store shelves. As one oft-sung Christmas song […]
You could be forgiven if you felt like you were back in time. The tables in front of the stage at Jammin Java outside Washington, D.C. looked the same as when a young Buffalo singer stood onstage at the famed […]
Carlene Carter tells me she’s “always been a rockin’ country kinda woman,” and who can argue with that assessment? Carter, the daughter of June Carter Cash and stepdaughter of Johnny Cash, has repeatedly stepped out of the mystique of her […]
After several weeks of theming my Crowdfunding Campaigns of the Week column, this week we’re taking it back to the basics, two unrelated projects on two different crowdfunding sites. This week we’ve got an archival release from a stadium filling […]
When Gretchen Peters last played London’s Union Chapel (February 2016), she said that it was one of her most memorable UK concerts in over 20 years of touring, so tonight’s show had a lot to live up to! Accompanied by […]
They were good buddies, two legends of folk/country/rock on the road again. Not with their historic bands, The Flatlanders/The Wronglers (Gilmore), or The Blasters/X/The Knitters (Alvin), or others. Just these two greats, spinning stories and sharing their songs. Tinged, yet […]
Fluff & Gravy Records is a Portland-based label and recording studio that has an eclectic roster of artists, about two-thirds of which are from the Northwest. John Shepski runs things with the personal touch that comes from also being a […]
I don’t know what I was thinking. Whirled Pies? I expected a restaurant full of, what else? Pies! “Whirled” was not even a consideration. Whirled? Pies? Freaking pizza! How dense am I at times? Pretty damn. I walk in and […]
This week we’re talking about a slew of new releases from musicians who know how to get real, including Margo Price, Whitney Rose, and an astounding list of artists who recorded at Stax back in the day. Even the Infamous […]
