Elmore finds its way to 50. Founders Arnie Goodman and Suzanne Cadgene renew their Elmore vows and announce a new (digital) baby
Melissa Caruso takes us on a visit to the cult we call music festivals, complete with tips from fans, performers and promoters alike on how to have fun on a farm with your 999,999 best friends
Country star Vince Gill has been a music industry pro for his entire career, but his recent separation from longtime label MCA Records has got him talking about what he misses from the music he loves. In an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Gill lamented over the current state of country music, saying that current… [read more]
The Village Voice today announced the initial line-up for its 4Knots Festival in July. Based in New York’s historic Southside Seaport for the second consecutive year, 4Knots will be headlined by Brooklyn’s own the Drums, aptly bringing their surf-tinged sounds to the nautical venue. Featuring some of the oldest architecture in the city the… [read more]
On this night, singer/songwriter/pianist Joy Askew demonstrated that fascinating songs and passionate vocals can transfix an audience under any circumstances. In the dimly-lit room, she remained seated behind the piano during her nine-song set. But although her excellent three-piece band was front and center, Askew dominated the stage. And despite some great solos from guitarist… [read more]
The Kooks play a brand of pub-pop (something between pub-rock and brit-pop – think the Kinks meets Kings of Leon) that eschews subtlety in favor broad melodic strokes and bouncy mid-tempo singalongs. Floor-level patrons held camera phones high and mezzanine-dwellers dangled Chuck Taylor-adorned feet over the crowd as the Kooks m the stage and cracked… [read more]
Starting with his 1957 hit, “Butterfly,” Charlie Gracie is a man that still has ’50s rock ‘n’ roll roots. He was also the man that helped establish the Philly label Cameo-Parkway with hits like “Ninety Nine Ways,” ”Wandering Eyes,” “I Love You So Much It Hurts” and “ Cool Baby.” Now, Charlie is back with… [read more]
If you’re nostalgic for the great rock and country music of your youth, this album will take you back. But while the songs’ styles pay homage to bands like The Beach Boys (“Brian’s Room, ” “Special Thing”) and Cream (“Bitter Cream”), and artists like Lee Dorsey (“Ravioli”) and Ray Price (“Two Shots of Heartache, Two… [read more]
New York City-based neo-soul singer Alan Leatherman takes a “Detour” for some straight-ahead jazz. Backed by the best (McCoy Tyner’s bassist Gerald Cannon, the late Shirley Horn’s longtime drummer Steve Williams, and Manhattan mainstay pianist Rick Germanson), Leatherman’s self-produced gem is gorgeous. Leatherman doesn’t over-sing what could have been a detour to… [read more]
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Since 1976, Tail Dragger and Bob Corritore have been performing the raw intensity of lowdown blues at its sticky, sweaty best. Their album, Longtime Friends In The Blues delivers you straight to a steamy Chicago juke joint in the late ‘50s. It comes as no surprise that the legendary Howlin’ Wolf bestowed James Yancy Jones… [read more]
