Posted in January, 2017

Tift Merritt

Tift Merritt has gone through some life changes since her last solo release, 2012’s Traveling Alone. So, this, her sixth studio project, comes rather highly anticipated. The Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter still … Read more

Larry Corban

Larry Corban is a New York City based guitarist with an ear for original material and playing in a style that is deeply rooted in the jazz tradition, while still … Read more

Los Texamaniacs

2010 Grammy Award Winners, Los Texamaniacs, exemplify the border music of the American southwest. Known in Spanish as “Conjunto,” the sound was born in south Texas at the end of … Read more

Lost Leaders

Photos by Peggy Bresnick Kendler They may sound a bit like Tom Petty and look like a Dylan/Buddy Holly supersession, but Lost Leaders, essentially guitarist Peter Cole and bassist Byron Isaacs, … Read more

Social Distortion

Social Distortion was formed by Mike Ness and his high school friend Dennis Danell, breaking through in 1983 with the critically acclaimed first album, Mommy’s Little Monster. Their 1988 follow-up, … Read more

Goodbye, Butch Trucks

Photo by Arnie Goodman Butch Trucks, one of the Allman Brothers Band’s founding drummers, died on Tuesday, at age 69. Trucks is widely credited for laying the foundation for southern-rock … Read more

Paul Thorn

You gotta love an unabashed, fire-breathing, life-living guy who rattles the gutbucket at will and unashamedly proclaims “I Don’t Like Half the Folks I Love” while plotting to “Burn Down … Read more