Lankum, the Dublin, Ireland four-member band, who in years past went under the name “Lynched”, have released their second album, “Between the Earth and Sky”, to wide acclaim both in Ireland and internationally. Their music crosses lines of origin and […]
[Note: A full Spanish-language translation of this article appears below, following my English text. Jeannie Allen greatly contributed to the research for this story with her Spanish language skills and love of good music.] Trova music–with its off-shoots filin and […]
Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue and their many Louisiana musical friends brought their months-long national Voodoo Threauxdown Tour to a magnificent finale in Taos, New Mexico, on Sept. 22 in an AMP Concerts presentation. The show kicked off just before […]
Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue and their many Louisiana musical friends brought their months-long national Voodoo Threauxdown Tour to a magnificent finale in Taos, New Mexico September 22 in an AMP Concerts presentation. The show kicked off just before sunset […]
In these whirling times of burning forests, unspeakable human rights violations and stupid White House tweets, it can seem like our minds are being sucked down a numbing vortex, into a voracious black hole—“the centre cannot hold”. Yet, might […]
Mick Flannery took the stage July 17 at Mercury Lounge on Manhattan’s Lower East Side wearing a Niall Connolly t-shirt and jeans—clothes Mick announces he borrowed from his brother. “Because my clothes and my guitar were lost in transit,” Mick explains, […]
Lankum, the Dublin, Ireland four-member band, who in years past went under the name “Lynched”, have released their second album, “Between the Earth and Sky”, to wide acclaim both in Ireland and internationally. Their music crosses lines of origin and […]
“Rising” by the Dublin, Ireland band Black Bank Folk is the most melodically entrancing, historically astute–and heartbreaking–album of Irish “rebel music” I have ever heard. I am a long time fan of The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Maken, The Wolfe Tones, […]
This Southwestern bard has sung his way around the world and back again. Many times over, truth be told. And he’s lived to enjoy the journey and savor the joy, which he generously shares with us all on this latest album. […]
Taos, New Mexico-based singer/songwriter/guitarist Max Gomez got his first axe as a Christmas gift when he was 10, learned the basics and then delved into the blues style of Big Bill Broonzy, the gritty lyrical frankness of Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson, and […]
