In my previous life as a sales and marketing weasel that began in the early ’70s and came to an end about ten years ago, I worked for a number of record distributors in both the independent and major label […]
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Canadian legend Hawksley Workman debuts his epic new video for “Lazy,” with us today. The singer-songwriter who totes a career that spans nearly 20 years, kicks off 2019 with a bang. On the track and video, Workman proves instantly why […]
Books by and about songwriters are too few and far between. There are notable exceptions, such as Steve Dorff’s recent I Wrote That One, Too: A Life in Songwriting from Willie to Whitney (Backbeat Books). Dorff’s engaging memoir focuses not just […]
Philly-based Barney Cortez comes to life on his impressive new single, “Drink Hard,” the follow up to his equally as adoring new EP, “Pretty Thin,” which was released late last year. The artist who blends a stunning mix of Dylan-esque […]
California singer-songwriter, Joe Bourdet recently debuted twin singles, “Seamist” and “El Capitan” on January 5th, 2019, a limited run vinyl 45rpm disc along and on digital. A Los Angeles resident, Bourdet is a Golden State native from Nevada City, CA. He is also […]
Here is a story my mom has often told: Years ago, my parents (a folk duo) were playing a show. Afterwards, a woman came up to the merch table and told my mom, “I loved your CD so much, I […]
Lula Wiles is more than a group of impeccable singers, songwriters, and instrumentalists. They’re three women seeking to bring to light the injustices of the world and confront them with their powerful voices. The trio of Isa Burke, Eleanor Buckland, […]
One of my new year’s resolutions is to feature more individual photographers. First up is Chad Cochran, better known in the music photography world as cowtownchad, whom I first met several years ago at an Ohio festival. Since then we […]
The Best Jazz Albums of 2018 Frank Kimbrough – Monk’s Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk (Sunnyside) (6-disc-set) Let that subtitle soak in. Best known as orchestra leader Maria Schneider’s pianist but a major force in his own […]
The end of a year is always a time of reflection on the past, which is why pretty much every music publication has been running some variant on the Best of 2018 for the last three weeks. A column dedicated […]
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