A confession: I typically do not enjoy either memoirs by or biographies about musicians. I read a lot of them – and man, there are a lot of ’em – but it’s generally a chore. I would must rather listen to the music that’s being parsed. I generally don’t care […]
Monthly Archives: November 2015
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Tim McGraw unleashed a new album this month, his fourteenth: Damn Country Music. He marked the occasion by punching under his weight at the (tiny by his standards) 1,400 person capacity Edison Ballroom. This was in marked contrast to the 65,000 he performed for yesterday at the Homestead Miami Speedway prior to […]
Son Little said it was definitely a hometown show last week at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn. The artist has been associated with Philly artists like The Roots and RJD2 whom he has worked with – and he has spent significant time in that city – but it turns out he […]
The Charlatans (officially Charlatans UK here in the U.S. to differentiate from Dan Hicks’ old band) – Underrated, underrated, underrated. The lads from Manchester have had an eventful career and they’ve overcome hurdles that would have tripped a hundred other groups. No American band sounds like them. Britpop bands owe them […]
It was a real pleasure to get to know Black Violin in Austin at SXSW. The hip Florida based outfit just released a tasty new album called Stereo Types and tomorrow night November 14, 2015 they’ll do their thing at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts. I’ve never checked the classical, hip […]
Music has the power to free the soul so authoritarian regimes across history have often attempted to suppress it. Such was the case in Pakistan beginning in the 1970’s under a military dictatorship and exacerbated by The Taliban’s influence from the mid 1990’s. The country’s traditional music made primarily with […]
You may know Ian Hendrickson-Smith from seeing him as part of The Tonight Show Band led by Questlove or you may know him from the seven years he played with Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings. If not, meet the man already! Adept on all saxes as well as the flute, […]
Henry Diltz shot pictures at Woodstock and Monterey Pop. The folk musician & photographer shot Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jimi Hendrix, and The Doors. He described Jim Morrison as quiet, laid-back, and cool – not much like how Val Kilmer portrayed him in the 1991 Doors movie directed by […]
Cypress Hill released their enduring third album Temples of Boom 20 years ago and they’re celebrating that anniversary with a short tour that rolled through Times Square on Friday night, October 30, 2015. The album, beginning with its cover and continuing into the grooves, is the spookiest record in their […]