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Since 1999, the Hackensaw Boys have been making old-time string band music influenced by their home in the rolling hills of Virginia. The Boys came back strong for this year’s Charismo, the … Read more
Do you write songs? Do you like money/fame/glory/bragging rights? Then what are you waiting for… enter the 2016 International Songwriting Competition! But you’ll have to hurry and get those creative … Read more
It was serendipity that set Thomas Dolby on the road to synth-pop stardom. Finding the circuit board of a Transcendent 2000 synthesizer in a dumpster was a stroke of luck. … Read more
An English music critic once wrote of Kristoffer & the Harbour Heads, “they are three nice blokes from Sweden, but sound like seven men from Mars.” That might indeed be … Read more
Photos by Rayven Kirk If you haven’t heard of Highly Suspect yet, don’t worry – you will soon. The Grammy-nominated trio from Brooklyn made a stop at Trees, a small … Read more
Now a decade into their musical partnership, Mark Charles Heidinger and Rose Guerin, who make up the Louisville, Kentucky based Americana duo Vandaveer, sing with a near familial tightness. … Read more
Photos by Ehud Lazin A classic show from a groundbreaking band, showcased in a spectacular theater in the greatest city in the US. What could be better?
Photos by Lou Montesano What do you get when you cross the two musical hot wires of punk rock and the boogie-blues of John Lee Hooker? You get either a hot and … Read more
The first swampy bass licks of “Off the Ground” ought to prick up the ears of any blues, rock, Americana or, let’s face it, music fan, and the rest of … Read more
By Jim Hynes Ruby Dee, the frontwoman for Ruby Dee & the Snakehandlers, suffered a devastating- though relatively undetectable- head injury eight years ago. Now, with her latest album, Little … Read more
