[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahFgXoyoCIQ&w=500&h=305] With the average Christmas album, you dig it out sometime around Thanksgiving, then stuff it back in with the tinsel and garland sometime around New Year’s Day. Singer-songwriter Emily Hurd may have broken that pattern with Any Given Day. You May Also Like: Dan Markell, “Carnival Game” (2021):Read More
Garth Hudson, fresh off an emotional concert tribute to the fallen voices of the Band, has begun work on a new musical project — and this one promises to be even more personal. You May Also Like: A Legacy Reclaimed: Robbie Robertson and the Band Thumbscrew [Mary Halvorson, Michael FormanekRead More
So I decided a while back that it would be a good idea for me to start backing up stuff from my computer. You May Also Like: Kaze + Ikue Mori – ‘Crustal Movement’ (2023) Fred Frith + Ikue Mori – ‘A Mountain Doesn’t Know It’s Tall’ (2021) Material IssueRead More
ou imagine that Amy Helm, daughter of the late Band legend Levon Helm, would want to carry on his legacy, and “Roll the Stone” connects on that level.
Where else will you find, side by side by side, new reissues of Miles Davis’ Porgy and Bess, Nirvana’s 1992 compilation Incesticide, and the Fat Boys’ Pizza Box album — packaged in (yes) a pizza box? You May Also Like: Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Joe Strummer: The Singers andRead More
In an often numbingly disengaged world bereft of protest songs — from the left, right or center — Don Quixote is welcome, indeed. As Mayday Radio, singer-songwriter Jeff Ting pushes buttons, and boundaries, that have grown dusty from inattention. You May Also Like: Buggles’ ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ PredictedRead More
For Mungo Jerry band founder Ray Dorset, summertime never ends. Coming off the 2011 release of Cool Jesus, Dorset and Co. have continued a fun genre-melding career dating back to the turn of the 1970s. You May Also Like: Mungo Jerry – Dawn Albums Collection (2017) Tony De Meur, ofRead More
Garth Hudson’s update of “This Wheel’s On Fire” shows how the Band’s music could be just as dangerous as it could be contemplative.
Famous for his work with Paul Simon and Steely Dan, Steve Gadd has an interest in a vast array of styles.
The wildly productive Mark Knopfler, who’s just issued a song-packed two-disc collection of rootsy goodness, tells Paul Sexton of the Independent that it actually could have been a triple album. You May Also Like: Mark Knopfler Touched on Both His Past and Future With ‘Get Lucky’
