EDITOR’S NOTE: As 2018 comes to a close, we’re looking back at some releases from the year that we didn’t get a chance to write up when they were released. Sam Lewis’ Loversity was released in May. Critics and music […]
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When you’re the lead singer of an established, acclaimed band, a solo album can be a tricky proposition. Make something comparable to the work of your existing band and it’s like why bother? Make something radically different and you run […]
A couple of years ago, National Book Award Winner James McBride authored a fantastic book on James Brown. In it, there’s a chapter detailing the Godfather of Soul’s longtime relationship with the Rev. Al Sharpton. The reverend recounts a story […]
Twins Adam and David Moss perform together as The Brother Brothers, a duo that pairs tasteful harmony vocals with two-person musical arrangements that weave together bluegrass and the darker side of folk. This month, The Brother Brothers will release their […]
The past few years have been ones of rebuilding and rediscovery for the Black Lillies and leader Cruz Contreras. In the months following the 2015 release of Hard to Please, the excrement hit the proverbial fan and Contreras found his band […]
Daptone Records’ legacy was forged by two outsized, transcendent talents. Sharon Jones and Charles Bradley were irrepressible forces to be reckoned with, bringing the retro soul style of producers Gabriel Roth and Thomas Brenneck to light with an incandescence that’s […]
The last five years have done a lot for Avi Salloway. He’s been a political and environmental activist, traveling the world to fight for social and eco-justice in both the Middle East and America. And musically, he spent four years […]
Anthem, the eighth album by jazz chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux, was conceived in the midst of the tumultuous 2016 presidential election and its dismal news cycle. While the unhinged political climate leaked into and inspired her writing and recording, Anthem isn’t […]
Last December, bassist/writer/generally accepted authority on bluegrass Jon Weisberger was the subject of a fairly lengthy interview on NPR titled “A Bigger Tent: A Frank Conversation about Diversity and the Future of Bluegrass.” Weisberger discussed diversity of race, age, gender, […]
The War and Treaty, husband-and-wife team Michael and Tanya Trotter’s onstage nom de plume, made their entrée into the music scene last year with their Down to the River EP. The seven tracks of Southern blues-folk moved the couple away […]
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