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Sideline
|Sideline’s latest, Front and Center comes fully formed, a twelve-track release full to bursting with Americana-cum-bluegrass edge that at times slips effortlessly back in time to the good ol’ days … Read more
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Randy Brecker at Brevard, NC
Jazz trumpeter and composer Randy Brecker has helped shape the sound of jazz, R&B and rock for more than four decades. His trumpet and flugelhorn performances have graced albums by … Read more
Michael McDermott
Michael McDermott is a true original, a guy with a grit-fuelled vocal delivery, fine zinging fretwork and an eye for arresting, story-telling lyrics that often seem to echo his own … Read more
Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
I was familiar with Dave Alvin from his days with brother Phil and The Blasters, less so with Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Both are all about American roots music: Alvin … Read more
Brother Dege
A uniquely cinematic and psychedelic subversion of traditional, death-obsessed Delta blues, Farmer’s Almanac immerses itself in the dark eccentricities and rural secrecy of the Deep South, a place the mysterious … Read more
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With Bette Smith at Bowery Ballroom
Elmore’s Annie Dinerman caught up with Bette Smith for the second time in less than a year, but what a year it has been for Smith. Here’s what transpired. Bette … Read more
Bruno Mars will endure
Seeing these two acts at BottleRock highlighted how much Bruno Mars owes to Earth, Wind & Fire (and their contemporaries) for his captivating stage presence. Never mind that both … Read more
BottleRock Festival, Quick take
Two of the most interesting shows at BottleRock are ones we can’t show you. Halsey, known for her slinky, glam, see-through outfits, showed up for one gig here in Daisy … Read more
BottleRock Festival Day 2
Record Company photos by Ana Gibert The Record Company made a grand entrance with an unfortunate homage to the Napa fires of a year ago—an overzealous smoke machine drove photographers … Read more
BottleRock Festival, Day 1
Photos by Ana Gibert Hailing from Texas’ own music city, Austin, Shakey Graves is a hat act without the twang, he just wears the working cowhand’s hat. Showing up with … Read more
Randy Brecker at Brevard, NC
Jazz trumpeter and composer Randy Brecker has helped shape the sound of jazz, R&B and rock for more than four decades. His trumpet and flugelhorn performances have graced albums by … Read more
Michael McDermott
Michael McDermott is a true original, a guy with a grit-fuelled vocal delivery, fine zinging fretwork and an eye for arresting, story-telling lyrics that often seem to echo his own … Read more
Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
I was familiar with Dave Alvin from his days with brother Phil and The Blasters, less so with Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Both are all about American roots music: Alvin … Read more
Brother Dege
A uniquely cinematic and psychedelic subversion of traditional, death-obsessed Delta blues, Farmer’s Almanac immerses itself in the dark eccentricities and rural secrecy of the Deep South, a place the mysterious … Read more
Exclusive: With Bette Smith at Bowery Ballroom
Elmore’s Annie Dinerman caught up with Bette Smith for the second time in less than a year, but what a year it has been for Smith. Here’s what transpired. Bette … Read more
Bruno Mars will endure
Seeing these two acts at BottleRock highlighted how much Bruno Mars owes to Earth, Wind & Fire (and their contemporaries) for his captivating stage presence. Never mind that both … Read more
BottleRock Festival, Quick take
Two of the most interesting shows at BottleRock are ones we can’t show you. Halsey, known for her slinky, glam, see-through outfits, showed up for one gig here in Daisy … Read more
BottleRock Festival Day 2
Record Company photos by Ana Gibert The Record Company made a grand entrance with an unfortunate homage to the Napa fires of a year ago—an overzealous smoke machine drove photographers … Read more
BottleRock Festival, Day 1
Photos by Ana Gibert Hailing from Texas’ own music city, Austin, Shakey Graves is a hat act without the twang, he just wears the working cowhand’s hat. Showing up with … Read more
