Produced by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, who first met her at a pop-up vintage clothing stall when he wanted to buy the 1940s hunting jacket she was wearing, Nikki Lane’s anticipated sophomore effort All or […]
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Portland, Ore, the fourth full-length effort from Hillstomp finds the duo on a new label, Fluff and Gravy Records but perhaps just as important, the new effort has the band refining the sound they’ve developed […]
Although currently based in Los Angeles, CA, the singer/songwriter known as Bedouin has crafted a song that is similar to her name – it possesses a restlessly nomadic heart and sounds like it borrows influences […]
Currently based in Brooklyn, by way of both Hawaii and Los Angeles, CA, singer/songwriter/producer Simone Stevens and her band Bonsai have received quite a bit of attention for the release of “I Fashion You a […]
I caught Carrie Ashley Hill a few months ago when she opened up the night for Communion’s monthly showcase at Rockwood Music Hall. And her set was comprised of material from her was comprised of material from her latest effort, Me […]
Anna Rose’s recently released sophomore effort, Behold A Pale Horse manages to reflect Menken’s extraordinary growth as an artist, performer and as a person. On the sultry, country blues single, “Los Angeles,” Menken is a confident, commanding […]
Alana Amram has been in music in some fashion for most of her life as she’s comes from a rather musical family. When Amram was a child, she was known to take naps around the guitar cases […]
Inevitably, as we get older, our lives and our relationships are about transitions and how well, or how poorly, we adapt to them. But no matter what, life always pushes us forward. After busy years […]
Writing, performing and recording under the moniker of Pony Boy, Marcelle Bradanini has garnered quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for her bluesy, sultry take on country music. In fact, Bradanini’s voce possesses the […]
Let’s Be Still, the sophomore full-length effort from the Head and the Heart, debuted on Billboard’s Top 10 List and was number 1 on the Independent Label release list after it had sold some 43,000 copies in the first week of […]
Coming from a musical family, based out of Peekskill, NY, Alana Amram has been in music in some fashion for most of her life. By the time Amram was a teenager, she was already a part of NYC’s underground […]
Early last year, I had interviewed Morgan Christopher Geer who writes and records under the moniker of Drunken Prayer about his fantastic 2012 release Into the Missionfield and other subjects. And for me, it was among a batch of favorite interviews […]
The desert city of Marfa, TX is 62 miles from the Mexican border, and the city has developed a reputation for it’s minimalist art scene, and was interestingly enough, where most of the most disturbing […]
Last summer I had interviewed the easy-going and incredibly charming singer/songwriter Charlie Greene for the site about his 2012 release Wildfire Music, his incredibly eclectic influences and his songwriting process, which he openly admitted is […]
At the beginning of this year, I had interviewed Morgan Christopher Geer who writes and records under the moniker of Drunken Prayer about his fantastic 2012 release Into the Missionfieldand other subjects, and the interview was […]