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Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 By Bill Wilcox

Carolyn Wonderland – Truth Is (cover art)

As some of you are already aware (based on your selection last week as Reader’s Pick), Carolyn Wonderland can play a wicked steel guitar. And on her newest release, Truth Is, she plays with attitude. Hailing originally from Houston, Wonderland didn’t have it easy. A high school dropout, she moved to Austin to pursue her […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews Tagged With: Carolyn Wonderland

Tierinii Jackson of Southern Avenue on Living Online and Why the Band Rarely Practices

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

Southern Avenue

Singer Tierinii Jackson of Memphis blues and soul band Southern Avenue talks about why saying no is just as powerful as saying yes and the importance of drinking water.

Filed Under: Blues, Interviews, Soul/R&B, Why It Matters Tagged With: Southern Avenue

Southern Avenue – Family

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 By Bill Wilcox

If you’re looking for a prescription to help get by in these darkish times, perhaps some unbridled optimism to offset the rancor that is so prevalent today, then Southern Avenue’s new Family might be just what the doctor ordered. When blues guitarist Ori Naftaly left his native Israel to compete in the International Blues Challenge […]

Filed Under: Blues, Gospel, Reviews, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Southern Avenue

SXSW 2025: The Sounds, Part 1

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

JOHN FOGERTY “I just got my songs back and I’m gonna play every one of them,” said Fogerty at the start of his show, celebrating the return of his song publishing rights. He wasn’t kidding. He and his band cranked through hit after hit, culminating with a bruising “Fortunate Son”. The icing on the cake? […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, SXSW Tagged With: Beaver Nelson, Bird Streets, Brittany Spencer, Candi Jenkins, John Fogerty, Jon Dee Graham, Larkin Poe, Master Peace, Tom Morello, Tyler-James Kelly, West Texas Exiles

American Aquarium’s Road Trip to Raleigh 2025

Thursday, February 20, 2025 By Chip Frazier

Every year the first weekend of February B. J. Barham hosts American Aquarium’s Road Trip to Raleigh. In fact, this year was the Tenth anniversary of Road Trip. As usual it was held at Lincoln Theater in downtown Raleigh. It was the second time I attended, with last year being my first. One thing for […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Indie Rock, Outlaw Country, Reviews, Rock, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: American Aquarium, BJ Barham, Maggie Rose, Taylor Hunnicut, The Droptines, The Lone Bellow, The Wilder Blue

Cristina Vane – Hear My Call

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 By Shawn Underwood

It’s not that unusual for roots artists (blues, rock, bluegrass, country) to develop their sound and hone their chops in America before finding a strong audience in Europe. What’s much rarer is for a musician to find their musical calling in Europe before coming to the US to build their career. That’s just what Cristina […]

Filed Under: Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Outlaw Country, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Cristina Vane

The Twangville Early 2025 Preview

Wednesday, January 08, 2025 By The Twangville Posse

Astrovan: The Love Song Vignettes by Humbird (10 Jan) Humbird’s slow trickling of singles over the past couple months has us primed for their newest full length. Landing somewhere musically between Bjork and Neil Young, these short tunes showcase Siri Undlin’s sweet vocals. (Todd Mathis) Bloom by Larkin Poe (24 Jan) Megan and Rebecca Lovell […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Ben Kweller, David Ramirez, Death By Unga Bunga, Horsebath, Humbird, Ian Fisher, Kris Delmhorst, Larkin Poe, Lilly Hiatt, Lucero, Michigander, Mike Farris, Olivia Ellen Lloyd, Patterson Hood, Paul Thorn, Pete Mancini, Sean McConnell, Somebody's Child, Sunny War, Wilder Woods, World Party

Tommy Castro on Protein Shakes and a Favorite Non-Music Day Job

Tuesday, January 07, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

Tommy Castro (credit Laura Carbone)

Soul-blues rocker Tommy Castro talks about playing for beer at his first gig and reflects on what blues music has become.

Filed Under: Blues, Interviews, Rock, Why It Matters Tagged With: Tommy Castro

Merry Mulligans

Friday, December 20, 2024 By Bill Wilcox

I haven’t played golf in 20 years, and when I did play, I was terrible at it. But I gotta say that when I did play I was the master of one particular stroke – the “Mulligan.” That’s when your shot off the tee is so bad you either miss it all together or you […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Folk, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Adam Levy, Grant Dermody, Kevin Burt & Big Medicine, Rory Block, Swamp Dogg, Zac Harmon

Arlen Roth – Playing Out the String

Wednesday, November 27, 2024 By Bill Wilcox

With Arlen Roth, it’s all about the guitar. Having shared stage or studio with Bob Dylan, John Prine, Paul Butterfield, Loudon Wainwright III, Ry Cooder, Rory Block, Eric Andersen and many others, Roth has been long established as a “go to” session man or sideman on tour. Originally from New York City, Roth started a […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Folk, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Arlen Roth

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