Jaime Wyatt Brings Her Rockin’ Felony Blues To Old 97’s County Fair
CLICK HERE FOR MORE OLD 97’S COUNTY FAIR COVERAGE! DALLAS, TX- “Jaime Wyatt captivated with a set of rock ‘n soul featuring songs off her latest album, Felony Blues. “We played in Austin last night and we’ve slept about three hours,” she confessed before adding, with…
Bastards of Soul’s Fierce One-Two Punch At Old 97’s County Fair Was Irresistible
CLICK HERE FOR MORE OLD 97’S COUNTY FAIR COVERAGE! DALLAS, TX- “The day started at noon with Bastards of Soul, who delivered a fierce one-two punch of Chadwick Murray’s soulful vocals and the irresistible energy of a band rounded out by a horn section (check…
Loners, Together: Missio + Welshly Arms in NYC
NEW YORK, NY- The house lights are turned down low and the stage illuminated just enough for us to discern angular silhouettes moving into view. As the strip-lights flash white, the crowd screams its excitement. The three musicians — Matthew Brue and David Butler, the…
My Backwards Look: Frightened Rabbit Marks 10 Years of The Midnight Organ Fight
NEW YORK, NY- We hide self-doubt behind a facade of detachment, present a carefully-groomed social-media face to the world, and speak in a manner that erases the line between sincerity and irony. That’s part of the postmodern condition, where hyperconnectivity produces alienation, truth comes in…
Suicide Sally: A Concert Tribute to Electro-Punk Pioneer Alan Vega
NEW YORK, NY- New York is a city constantly destabilized, disrupted, and remade again. No music captures the roiling countercurrents of this creative destruction quite like Suicide’s self-titled album from 1977. The surreal starkness of Alan Vega’s vocal delivery — think of the narration of…
Josh Ritter Is “Miles Away”, Yet Close To The Heart
Josh Ritter penned the new single, “Miles Away,” after flipping through a book of photographs taken from space. It’s a ruminative piece that flits between a sweeping, bird’s eye view and a grounded, granular gaze. Zach Hickman lends his production talents in addition to his…
New York City Surrenders To Japandroids’ Fist Pumping Rock
The title track of Vancouver’s Japandroids traces the arc of guitarist/vocalist Brian King’s artistic and personal journey, parsing the fine distinction between home and hometown, destiny and dream. On a chilly New York evening, the singalong chorus got the crowd “all fired up,” King’s defiant…
David Wax Museum Unearths Sonic Artifacts [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] New York, NY- Between tweetstorms and hurricanes, social fault lines and earthquakes, 2017 continues to be a trying year. Charlottesville remains on our minds, and for David Wax and Suz Slezak, the core duo of David Wax Museum,…
Amanda Shires, Flaco Jimenez and Traveller Dazzle At AmericanaFest NYC [PHOTOS]
New York, NY- Americana is an ever-evolving genre, a shapeshifting shorthand reference that encompasses the deep roots and sprawling branches of American music, from country to folk to blues to rock and beyond. It includes the likes of Alabama Shakes, Drive-By Truckers, Lucero, Sturgill Simpson,…
Pioneering Women of the Classic Album Era Take Center Stage
New York, NY- That wasn’t just sweat on the faces of Lincoln Center concertgoers on a balmy Monday night — those were genuine tears of joy in seeing legends like Roberta Flack and Ronnie Spector from a mere arm’s length away, commanding the stage and…
