L. Kent Wolgamott

When Lindsey Stirling sits down to write an album, she’s not only thinking about what she wants to play on her violin and how she’ll arrange the rest of the music around it, she keeps in mind how the song could be performed and how it will fit into her highly acclaimed show. “I’ve always […]

A decade ago, Wynonna Judd played one of the most surprising and memorable shows ever at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Judd agreed to perform at SXSW, for no money, only if she could play in St. David’s Episcopal Church, a venue she knew of from the time she lived in […]

Chris Culos was looking at a list of 40-something songs that O.A.R. was getting ready to play as the hard-touring Maryland rock band was set to start yet another run of shows. That list included hits like “Love and Memories,” “Lay Down” and “Shattered (Turn The Car Around),” some of the band’s earliest songs like “That […]

For a quarter century, a band of 5,000-year-old, bandage-wrapped undead have prowled America with their “terrifying funk from beyond the grave.” Sometimes sharing the stage with the likes of Parliament-Funkadelic, Al Green, Mavis Staples and Cheap Trick, other times appearing at massive festivals and often, headlining at clubs, theaters and festivals, Here Come The Mummies […]

In June 2025, Parker McCollum released his fifth album, a self-titled effort that’s finished raw and real, leaning into personal songs and a straightforward delivery that moves him into the realm of his songwriting heroes. “Parker McCollum” is also, in his opinion and that of many critics, the best record he’s made in a fast-moving career […]