Frontman Henry Wagons described by Justin Townes Earl as “Dr. Seuss meets Conway Twitty, a great performer, a good man (strutting) like a Tennessee Walking Horse on PCP.” MELBOURNE, Australia — While the title Rumble, Shake & Tumble aptly describes Wagons’ […]
Recorded at The Forum Theatre, Melbourne, July 2011 during Wagons’ ‘Rumble, Shake and Tumble’ CD launch, Aug. 16. U.S. tour to follow in September.
Australian artist plays “A to Z” live dates this September in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Vancouver and Toronto. MELBOURNE, Australia — In North America, Paul Kelly is loved by a fervent following of devoted, discerning listeners. In […]
Rufus Thomas’s Do the Funky Chicken, Shirley Brown’s Woman to Woman, and the Dramatics’ Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get are fortified with bonus tracks LOS ANGELES, Calif. — In 1968, on the heels of the label’s severance from Atlantic Records, […]
BoDeans lead singer’s new solo album due October 25 MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Sam Llanas (pronounced yanas), lead singer-guitarist for the acclaimed Milwaukee band the BoDeans, takes listeners deep into the night on his new release, 4 A.M., arriving Oct. 25 […]
Release follows conclusion of groundbreaking transmedia game. Guests include guest artists Mark Knopfler, Regina Spektor, Natalie MacMaster, Bruce Woolley and Imogen Heap. There’s even an “Amerikana” chapter. LONDON, U.K. — Thomas Dolby, the iconic ’80s star whose smash hits “She Blinded Me […]
Included are newly-recorded, timelessly produced versions of “Put a Little Love in Your Heart,” “Bette Davis Eyes” and other originals, plus one song apiece by Jack Nitzche/Sonny Bono and Burt Bacharach/Hal David. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — “Think of your […]
Backed by pianist Gerald Cook and bassist Jimmy Lewis on this 1981 album, Hunter was at the height of her career revival. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — It’s difficult to decide which was the most remarkable facet of pioneering […]
Candye Kane, having combatted the big “c,” is spending the summer in Europe, preparing for the release of her album ‘Sister Vagabond.’ That stellar lead guitar woman is Laura Chavez.
Career retrospective is full of stories, conversation, audiences singing and, most importantly, the clinking of glasses. AUSTIN, Texas — When Slaid Cleaves moved from Portland, Maine, to Austin, Texas, at the tail end of 1991, he landed on South […]
