As the reigning champ of blues-rock guitarists after Clapton’s generation, Joe Bonamassa attracts notice whenever he issues new music (and to the great delight of his fans, he does this often). You May Also Like: Joe Bonamassa – Blues of Desperation (2016)
How appropriate that the Emporers of Wyoming, a Butch Vig band more than three decades in the making, has fashioned a folk-reverie out of the Afghan Whigs’ crunchy “Rebirth Of The Cool.” You May Also Like: David Philips, “Home” from Winter (2017): Something Else! sneak peek
Our second taste of this forthcoming Black Country Communion-offshoot band’s self-titled debut finds California Breed riding a firmament readjusting beat from Jason Bonham toward lip-smacking heavy-rock nirvana. You May Also Like: How Black Country Communion’s Debut Brought Back ’70s-Style Hard Rock Midnight North – Stayin’ Single, Drinkin’ Doubles EP (2015)
Even as Neal Schon works on a long-awaited reunion with the Santana band, he’s unleashing a taste of what he calls “Latin fusion” from a forthcoming solo album with Marco Mendoza and Deen Castronovo. You May Also Like: Journey’s Neal Schon, “El Matador” from Vortex (2015): One Track Mind
Johnny Orr assumes the role of an autistic boy and says what that boy might say if he were able communicate like a neurotypical kid in his gently swaying ballad, “We’ll Get By (The Autism Song).” You May Also Like: Noah Jack, “Neighborhood” (2017): One Track Mind
The Allman Brothers Band will soon pull into the station for good, but Gregg Allman shows via a forthcoming concert film that he’s not finished playing the role of Midnight Rider. You May Also Like: Gregg Allman prepares his next, typically uncategorizable move: ‘Everybody seems to want some kind ofRead More
Ray Wilson took the stage last year with an eye on framing his legacy, both in Stiltskin and in Genesis. You May Also Like: Ray Wilson – Song for a Friend (2016) It’s time to give Genesis’ Calling All Stations, ex-frontman Ray Wilson a fair hearing
Only a free-form improvisational group like moe. could start out with the aim of a barn-recorded acoustic album and somehow end up working with a producer who made his name in hip hop-circles. You May Also Like: JJ Grey + Mofro, “Every Minute” from Ol’ Glory (2015): Something Else! sneakRead More
Emmylou Harris returns to a Gram Parsons song she first took on for 1979’s Grammy-winning Blue Kentucky Girl, only this time alongside the Seldom Scene as the DC-area bluegrass group makes its Smithsonian Folkways debut. You May Also Like: Rod Harris Jr., “I Can’t Tell You Why” from Exits andRead More
Beginning with an elastic beat, “Dark Sunglasses” might have heralded a next-gen moment of pop-song modernity for Chrissie Hynde, except that the rest of it has all of the haunty, ball-busting attitude you’ve come to expect from every great Pretenders track going back to the 1970s. You May Also Like:Read More
