You picked The Outsider by singer-songwriter, Jesse Dayton, as your favorite new release for the week of June 8, 2018. Poll Results New Releases ARTHUR BUCK, Arthur Buck BRENT COWLES, How to Be OK Alone BUDDY GUY, The Blues Is Alive and Well FANTASTIC NEGRITO, Please Don’t Be Dead THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES, While We’re […]
Joachim Cooder – Fuchsia Machu Picchu
Listening to Joachim Cooder’s EP Fuchsia Machu Picchu, it’s easy to see how his famous father Ry Cooder got the atmospheric feel that dominates many of the tracks on The Prodigal Son, released last month. Cooder the Younger, who turns 40 later this summer, has been a drummer, percussionist and keyboardist on his father’s team for many […]
Mayer’s Playlist for Spring 2018, Part 1
The Fold, Brent Cowles (from the Dine Alone Records release How To Be OK Alone) One doesn’t need to tell Brent Cowles that life is a struggle. The Denver singer-songwriter isn’t afraid to bare his soul, a fact that is evident from the fervent opening moments of “The Fold” to the quiet closing moments of […]
E.Z. Shakes/ The Wolf video
If you’re an NPR junkie like me you probably know about their Tiny Desk Concert Series. If not, check it out. Here’s an entry from a couple of months back from one of the best singer/songwriters here in South Carolina, Zach Seibert, these days going under the moniker E.Z. Shakes. He has a new album dropping […]
Monday Morning Video – Billy Preston and The Band
There are very few members of the rock pantheon with whom Billy Preston hasn’t performed. Famously referred to as “The Fifth Beatle” for his contribution to “Get Back” and their final albums, he has also worked with others ranging from Sam Cooke to Eric Clapton to the Rolling Stones and even the Red Hot Chili […]
Readers’ Pick: American Aquarium – Things Change
You picked Things Change by alt-country band, American Aquarium, as your favorite new release for the week of June 1, 2018. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring 2018 JEFF […]
Christina Cavazos – Mile Marker
It’s fashionable these days to whine about how the youth of today don’t do anything except play on their cellphones and can’t interact with anyone except on Snapchat. Â I’m fortunate enough to see and meet many young musicians that contradict that belief. Â Christina Cavazos is one of them. Â She was a finalist in the new […]
Monday Morning Video – Tracy Bonham
“All Thumbs,” Tracy Bonham‘s ode to the idiosyncrasies and complexities of love is as riveting as it is wistful. This solo piano version plays into the song’s pensive notes, making it even more alluring in the process. You can find the song on Bonham’s impressive 2005 release Blink the Brightest.
Readers’ Pick: Andrew Duhon – False River
You picked False River by folk singer-songwriter, Andrew Duhon, as your favorite new release for the week of May 25, 2018. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring 2018 JEFF […]
Monday Morning Video – James McMurtry “Levelland”
There’s perhaps only one thing better than hearing James McMurtry play his remarkable “Levelland” and that’s watching him perform it in a pastoral setting that is so fitting for the song.