There are always a lot of difficult decisions at Montreal Jazz Festival (because many appealing shows are scheduled at the same time) and the 2014 event is no different – but when Tony Bennett and Elvis Costello are in town, that’s a no-brainer…
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Say Anything’s Max Bemis spoke about the pop-punk band‘s new album Hebrews and how its songs translate to the stage…
American blues musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd shows off chops and a mean rhythm section while Montreal Jazz Festival has depth and breadth.
Jack White and Broken Bells delivered stellar sets that stood out among a stacked Governors Ball lineup…
Ice T speaks about his boyhood, the history of hip hop and his film The Art of Rap, Papoose, and Body Count in this extended interview.
Walter Martin – with a special assist from a pair of his old bandmates in The Walkmen – Hamilton Leithauser and Matt Barrick, not to mention Karen O, celebrated the release of his family album We’re All Young Together at Joe’s Pub. I also spoke with Hamilton recently at WFUV […]
The Robert Cray Band, amazingly, has 40 years under its belt. Bob showcased material from his new record, In My Soul, at B.B. Kings…
Marking the release of Teeth Dreams as well as the tenth anniversary of their debut album Almost Killed Me, The Hold Steady held court at Hill Country.
Nir Felder explained where he was coming from and then showed where he was AT at a le poisson rouge album release party…
The Allman Brothers Band: Last Stand At The Beacon – Say it ain’t so…a chat with Warren Haynes & Derek Trucks of The Allman Brothers Band on the end of the road and a look at the 3/14/14 performance at The Beacon.
Alex Turner & Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys shared their thoughts and tunes at Avatar while the full unit invaded the Garden…
The Pixies had nothing but good things to say about their new bass player Paz Lenchantin and the show left nothing to be desired.
Dave Wakeling offered some remarks before leading the The English Beat through a crowd-pleasing set at Irving Plaza.
When John Fogerty played The Beacon last month, he served up entire album worth of Creedence Clearwater Revival material. For a long time, that was unthinkable. Here he describes what he experienced while visiting Robert Johnson’s grave in the summer of 1990.
