Here are ten hot new tracks from Calgary’s Favorite sons, the Kirby Sewell Band, released September 2014, that fuse southern blues rock with singer-songwriter sentimentality, all designed to showcase the powerhouse soul-shaking vocals of front man Kirby Sewell. Some instant favorites include the […]
The award winning rhythm section from The Wired Band has teamed up with old friend guitarist and singer songwriter Virgil Brown to release their third album Goodbye Guitar released June of 2014. The twelve song collection represents a new direction […]
Guitarist Danny Petroni teamed up with Frank Lacy to create a modern blues, jazz, and soul band that he bills as the “Sound of Asbury Park.” The result is the self-titled release The Blue Project. The album is a collection […]
The only thing wrong with the six-song EP The Reverend Shawn Amos Tells It, is that there are only six songs. Like James Brown said, “let’s hit it, and quit,” Amos gathered together what he calls a “Gutbucket power trio,” of […]
Like ice cold lemonaid and watermelon on a summer afternoon, Sunshine — the new album from twin cites revivalists Davina & the Vagabonds — is good old-fashioned fun. Released in May of 2014, the album is set up like an old […]
There’s nothing like staring death in the eye for inspiration and motivation. Walter Trout intended on celebrating his 25th year as a solo artist with a new album and tour, but instead began a fight for his life and the […]
Hindsight is always 20/20 they say, so making the decision to release her new album The Sky Is Falling after the smoke cleared from a turbulent band breakup and subsequent self reinvention, for Star Anna, is a moment of artistic clarity. […]
In his introduction, Kris Kristofferson sums up the magnitude of the event held October 16, 1992 at Madison Square Garden: “On march 19, 1962, Columbia records released the first album by a new artist, Bob Dylan; now 30 years, 38 […]
Tribute albums are a popular vehicle for artists in a variety of genres and often feature suburban Caucasians reworking songs of icons from the inner city, Deep South or some other gritty locale. What makes Moanin’ at Midnight: The Howlin […]
Northwest icon Duffy Bishop is back without missing a beat, with her first new album in over ten years, Find Your Way Home, which was released in April of 2014. Based in Portland, Ore., Duffy is in the Cascade Blues Association […]
