The Beach Boys
Having already caught Brian Wilson (plus other former Beach Boy Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin) play Pet Sounds in full earlier this summer, I expected to be disappointed by the … Read more
Posted in September, 2016
2016 Pennsylvania Blues Festival
Photos by Joseph A. Rosen and Martin Goettsch They should rename it “the candy store festival” said a fan, amazed by the quality of the (“all killer, no filler”) acts and … Read more
The Voice Finalist Angie Keilhauer Shares new Video for “Made to Live…
With summer officially over, it’s important to savor every last bit of nice weather we can. Enter The Voice season 10 finalist Angie Keilhauer who brings us a late September … Read more
Stephen Bishop
He comes off like music’s Caspar Milquetoast, but Stephen Bishop’s lyrical sentimentality and vulnerability makes him accessible time and time again. After all, that’s what kept Art Garfunkel and Phil … Read more
AMA Highlights: Buddy Miller at the Cannery Ballroom
Lee Ann Womack was lucky enough to have Buddy Miller and several others sit in for part of her set, and she’s smart enough to have returned the favor for … Read more
Vicious Petals
Vicious Petals’ newly released album, Main Street Lights, is a mixture of energetic piano melodies, ardent vocals and contrasting musical backgrounds. Ayako Okano (piano, organ, keyboards) was born in Japan and … Read more
David Bromberg Turns Back to the Blues
By Iain Patience “Worldwide domination,” says David Bromberg when I ask what he hopes to achieve with the release of his latest album, The Blues, The Whole Blues and Nothing but … Read more
AMA Highlights: Martin Sexton at City Winery
Martin Sexton more than made up for a somewhat lackluster Saturday night at the Americana Music Association’s Annual conference. Mightily armed with a guitar and his spectacular vocals, Sexton delivered … Read more
Amanda Richards & the Good Long Whiles Share “Fresh Kill,” the First…
Country and western… and zombies? The wild blood of outlaw country music runs in the veins of Portland based singer/songwriter Amanda Richards, but that doesn’t mean she can’t put her … Read more
Eric Olsen & Lou Caimano
Gershwin, Duke, Gil Evans… the group of jazz artists who have successfully blended the New World’s true musical gift to the Old World’s classical rep is a small, yet daunting, … Read more
