Rejoice! New summer music releases (let the road trips begin) Part one (Photos)
Rating for New music by Mark Mulcahy, Peyton Pinkerton, Pixies, Dave Hogan, Graylight Campfire, Lys Guillorn and Mercy Choir 5 Mark Mulcahy: Dear Mark J. Mulcahy, I Love You (Mezzotint) 2013 is the...
View ArticleDawes proves to be a modern band with old-fashioned tools and songcraft
The free Downtown Sound concert Monday night by Dawes at the Pritzker Pavilion rewarded those who braved the damp lawn and unfulfilled threats of further rain. The young Los Angeles quartet was...
View ArticleRolling Stones concert review: 50 years on, Mick and the boys still have our...
Celebrating a half-century in circulation, the Rolling Stones made the final U.S. stop of their “50 and Counting” tour Monday night at Verizon Center. Was the tour’s title a subconscious nod to the...
View ArticleDoug Sertl: Beautiful Friendship (2013)
By JACK BOWERS, Jack Bowers Senior Contributor since 1997 A former newspaper writer / editor who has been writing about big-band Jazz for more than fifteen years. Recent articles (1,754 total) Touching...
View ArticleFor the Fourth, Roots lead a hot night of music
Travel Deals $1009 -- All-Incl. 4-Star Cancun Beachfront Trip from Philly See all travel deals » Dan DeLuca, Inquirer Music Critic Posted: Friday, July 5, 2013, 1:08 AM Praise be to the Roots, the...
View ArticleDeath of the Album - Singles Going Steady!
These past few months, I've grown weary trying to find albums that engage me from start to finish. In fact, I've yet to find one album in the past few months I can listen to top to bottom. I truly...
View ArticleRamones are Acid Eaters (Photos)
Rating for Ramones studio album 4 View slideshow: Ramones Acid Eaters Introduction Most people are not entirely sure what to expect with covers albums but here is one of punk rock's favorite bands, the...
View ArticleLocal musicians sing songs of protest
DURHAM — In a way, it was just another angry song about love gone bad. As a local all-star band played a country-rock raveup, American Aquarium lead singer BJ Barham read words from a lyric cheat sheet...
View ArticleDepeche Mode Mixes Sleaze With Doomy Rock on World Tour
Doomy synths, swampy guitars and a grizzled gnome turning priapic pirouettes: Depeche Mode is once again having its deviant way with electro-pop. This approach has certainly paid commercial dividends....
View ArticleSchwindy's indie music spotlight: Chris Shiflett and The Dead Peasants
Rating for All Hat and No Cattle 5 The album begins with a cover of "Guitar Pickin' Man." While this is pretty true to the original, I'd say it rocks a little bit harder, particularly in the guitar...
View ArticleSlash's best riffs: A tip of the hat
Slash brings his latest project, Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, to Bethlehem on Tuesday for a performance at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center. The top-hat wearing, sunglasses-sporting guitarist...
View ArticleAn Album Born Out of Focused Isolation
By LARRY BLUMENFELD The 90 miles of Central California coastline known as Big Sur, midway between Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara, extending inland to the abruptly rising Santa Lucia Mountains, has...
View ArticleCaitlin Rose blossoms on sophomore release
Nashville recently has seen an uptick in talented young women trying their hand at the singer-songwriter game. Refreshing this scene with their critically acclaimed work are Kacey Musgraves (“Same...
View ArticleDavid Lynch on Chasing His Muse for New Album 'The Big Dream'
David Lynch doesn't want you to call him a musician. He's a renowned filmmaker and self-taught improviser on electric guitar, a slasher and basher of strange riffs he can never quite repeat again. It's...
View ArticleSouth Texas music store matriarch a country act
Three generations of men named Robert have manned Clawson's Music store's front counter, but it's the family matriarch, Barbara Clawson, who held center stage as front woman. "She's super, super...
View Article10 Songs You Can't Believe Are 10 Years Old
In 2003, American troops invaded Iraq, action star Arnold Schwarzenegger became governor of Kahleefawnia, and two former American Idol contestants released soon-to-be hit records in the same week. (Has...
View ArticleVince Gill, Paul Franklin cover Merle Haggard
Story Highlights 'Bakersfield' pays tribute to the music of Merle Haggard and Buck Owens'Branded Man' was Haggard's second No. hit, in 1967'Bakersfield' comes out July 30...
View ArticleAlbum review: Bill Kirchen, Seeds and Stems (Proper)
Kirchen put the Telecaster sheen on Commander Cody’s spliffabilly...
View ArticleBill Kirchen Band (USA)
Beaverwood Club Real Music Live, Chislehurst Tue 16th July 2013 'TITAN OF THE TELECASTER' Grammy nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Bill Kirchen is one of the fortunate few who can step onto...
View ArticleDan Nicholls: Ruins – review
(Loop) 3 Buy it from Pianist Dan Nicholls was a student on the course Django Bates directed until 2011 at Copenhagen's Rhythmic Music Conservatory. Now he has returned to the UK, to extend ideas...
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