Ben Harper is a master of trickeration. That’s the term gospel icons The Dixie Hummingbirds used to describe what their lead singer Ira Tucker did: in-your-face showmanship that soul men lifted right out of church, the gospel aspects of […]
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From the title of his debut album, Who Is He?, you might assume that Dylan Triplett might be having an identity crisis. But nothing could be further from the truth. Triplett is a 21-year-old from St. Louis who just sings […]
Acoustic Syndicate is out to shake, rattle, and roll over your concept of what a band can do with and to bluegrass. For the last 25 years, the band has been promoting its progressive approach to what guitarist/lead vocalist Steve […]
“Bluegrass will not let me leave,” Peter Rowan insists. But that doesn’t mean he’ll be confined by any boundaries that fans, critics, or artists may put on the genre. Rowan has impeccable bluegrass cred, having been a member of Bill […]
Charlie Musselwhite must have access to some magic formula unavailable to the rest of us mere mortals. His music is timeless, his voice virtually unchanged since he started putting out music six decades ago. He’s toured and recorded with a […]
Xavier Dphrepaulezz has tried on a closet full of personas. As his alter ego Fantastic Negrito, he has been a shape-shifting shaman sewn up in the skin of a preacher, funkateer, soothsayer, bluesman, poet, roots doctor, rocker, and prognosticator. […]
When you’re one of 11 children, you gotta do something to stand out. Kenny Neal chose music, picking up instruments he found lying around his Baton Rouge, Louisiana, household. Dad Raful was a prominent blues harpist heavily influenced by Chicago […]
It was a match made in heaven, a dream come true for fans and performers alike. The 2011 summertime concert at Levon Helm’s Barn in Woodstock featuring Helm and gospel icon Mavis Staples was a celestial express with Mavis and […]
Leyla McCalla provides a tantalizing glimpse into her Haitian roots through her infectious rhythms and velvety crooning on her latest project, Breaking the Thermometer. But the smooth texture reveals a rough surface underneath. The lilting melodies support a lyrical structure […]
Trombone Shorty is a party in progress. A never-ending second-line party parade purveyor, Troy Andrews has had his “Shorty” nickname since the age of 4, making his professional debut onstage at New Orleans’ Jazz Fest with Bo Diddley. In person […]
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