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When it comes to exploring the 1950s roots of rock ‘n’ roll, you can do a lot worse than to delve into the catalog of The Reverend Horton Heat. Singer and guitarist Jim “the Rev” Heath has been preaching the gospel of that era of music via a slew of albums of original material released […]
B.B. King. That is who kicked off a lifelong love of the blues for Slash, best known as the lead guitarist for Guns n’ Roses. His passion for blues has led the Brit-born Rock & Hall of Famer to release “Orgy of the Damned,” his sophomore solo bow that features a dozen mostly cover songs […]
Friction and dissonance aren’t exactly the words that come to mind when you think about Nickel Creek. The trio of siblings Sean (bass) and Sara Watkins (fiddle), and longtime friend Chris Thile (mandolin), made their musical mark crafting a canon of expertly wrought progressive bluegrass dating back to the trio’s origins as teen prodigies who […]
In the world of stringed instruments, the four-string ukulele has a small and kitschy niche that was associated with the likes of the late Tiny Tim and vaudeville. More recently, it’s gotten a slightly cooler image as artists ranging from actress Zooey Deschanel to musicians Nellie McKay and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder have been using […]
Now that live music is back, with it comes a string of Cheap Trick concerts. It’s something the veteran act has been doing on a consistent annual basis ever since forming in Rockford, Illinois, in 1973. The year-and-a-half in which touring came to a standstill didn’t mean founding member Rick Nielsen sat back twiddling his […]
When Chris and Rich Robinson made the November 2019 announcement that the Black Crowes were reuniting, it represented a reconciliation between the siblings after the band was blown up in 2015. The plan was to launch a lengthy reunion tour in 2020 commemorating the 30th anniversary of the group’s 1990 debut album “Shake Your Money […]
In light of the spate of music biopics and memoirs that have have come out recently, anyone expecting lots of hot dishing when they crack open “Been So Long: My Life and Music,” Jorma Kaukonen’s 2018 autobiography, is advised to look elsewhere. Despite the fact that the Jefferson Airplane founding member and Hot Tuna co-founder […]
George Clinton may have recently announced his retirement, but the 78-year-old funk icon shows no signs of slowing down. The multi-tasking musical mastermind not only released “Medicaid Fraud Dogg” last year, the first Parliament studio outing since 1980’s “Trombipulation,” but also just returned from a recent tour with protégés The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and received […]
In a day and age when artists spawned by YouTube and reality show competitions are here today and gone tomorrow, Brandi Carlile represents a throwback to an era when truly gifted musicians achieved a level of respected longevity. With the recent release of “By the Way, I Forgive You,” Carlile’s sixth studio outing, she’s firmly […]
Pretension, flash and lack of substance seem to be the calling card for so much of what passes for musical talent nowadays. If this is what you might come to expect from Ray LaMontagne, look elsewhere. Ever since he burst on the scene with his 2004 debut, “Trouble,” the soft-spoken singer-songwriter has carved out an […]
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