Rosie Flores & Earl Slick rock City Vinyard
Photos by Ebet Roberts Concertgoers at New York’s City Vineyard were treated to a fine night of dining, and fine music by the guitar-shredding “twins from other mothers” Rosie Flores … Read more
Posted in December, 2017
Premiere: John Oates sings “Stack O Lee,” from new CD, Arkansas
One half of Hall & Oates, the best-selling duo of all time, John Oates has maintained a successful solo career since 1999, while still continuing to tour worldwide with Daryl … Read more
Sunny Lowdown = Down Loaded
Listen to Muddy Waters. Currents of the mighty Mississippi and its Delta mud rose up when he sang the blues. Lightnin’ Hopkins caused storms to flash in his jazzy, poetic … Read more
Steve Earle’s 3rd Annual John Henry’s Friends Benefit Concert, Feat. The Dukes,…
Photos by Ebet Roberts Steve Earle led a stellar crew through nearly three hours of music during his third annual benefit concert for The Keswell School, the New York City-based … Read more
Ries Brothers
Florida’s the Ries Brothers show more proficiency across genre lines within the album’s first few songs than some musicians are able to capture in a lifetime, releasing a set of … Read more
Who will write a new Christmas classic?
The last 83 years have given us some great holiday music, no doubt, but 20 of our favorites predate the British Invasion, and none are from the 21st Century. Below is … Read more
Exclusive: Coincidence, or conspiracy?
We received notice that rocker Willie Nile added an Asheville, NC date to his upcoming tour, and uncovered this message, from New Jersey-ite and Springsteen guitarist Little Steven VanZandt (who, BTW, isn’t “little” … Read more
Johnny Mathis
Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sammy Cahn, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Dorsey, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Jules Stein, Cy Coleman, Jimmy Webb, Gerry … Read more
The Searchers
The Searchers were going nowhere fast in the 1970s. Aside from live shows that still sizzled and popped, the British Invasion refugees – birthed from the same ‘60s Merseybeat scene … Read more
Premiere: Sherman Ewing’s holiday message: Shine
Sherman Ewing comes from the R.E.M./John Prine school of songwriting, and he graduated with honors. First and foremost a man of compassion, Ewing sprinkles his songs with humor and joy, … Read more
