Those who regularly peruse the Roots Music Report (http://www.rootsmusicreport.com) might be familiar with his beaming smile as his picture was on there for a while, proudly announcing his success with their charts. In fact, it was that which made me […]
With his ruggedly handsome looks – a cross between the boyish appeal of Kevin Bacon and the rebellious persona of James Dean – and high-maintenance music video, Michael Rule (http://www.michaelrule.net) could easily be mistaken for a major-label artist. His new […]
For singer/songwriter J. the Savage, otherwise known as Jamie Bernstein, releasing his new album Very Same Dream has led to another dream, one that has happily been fulfilled. On the HBO series, Treme, which chronicles the lives of New Orleans […]
The cream doesn’t always rise to the top. The easier access that musicians have in producing and releasing their own records has saturated the market with countless garbage – amateur-hour replications of major-label hit-makers, cookie-cutter indie rock, well-meaning but unpolished […]
Singer/songwriter Gentry Bronson (http://www.gentrybronson.com) is almost famous in Europe. That’s the good news. The bad news is that Bronson is based in San Francisco, where more than a decade’s worth of gigging has enabled him to corral a small following […]
(San Francisco) – The sultriness and playful innocence of Eartha Kitt’s original rendition of “Santa Baby,” often erroneously credited to Marilyn Monroe, has since defined how that song should be covered. However, Bay Area artist Tom Casino wasn’t listening. Casino […]
Guitarist Bryan Ward is no one-trick pony. Now the country-funk riffmeister and other half of the Mississippi duo Thompson Ward (http://www.thompsonward.com), Ward was once a Bonepony, though. Formed in Baltimore, Maryland in the late ‘80s, Bonepony grabbed their mandolins and […]
