Artists
Tangled Tales, Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks latest CD, is a more-than-worthy addition to Hicks’ already massive body of work. It is an irresistible nod to Dan Hicks’ undeniable musical legacy, and a potent reminder of all of the musical… (Read More)
There’s a scene in Murray Lerner’s film (“Festival”), about the 1963 Newport Music Festival, where Peter, Paul and Mary are shown obliging a resounding call for an encore with the protest song, “If I Had A Hammer.” Peter and Paul face… (Read More)
Kentucky native DWIGHT YOAKAM blazed out of the Los Angeles club scene in 1986 with his debut Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., which went on to score double-platinum status. Since then he has won two Grammy’s, garnered 21 nominations and sold more… (Read More)
Tone Tank tried to be normal. He tried to live a normal life. He had moved from Brooklyn to sunny Phoenix, Arizona. He bought a house, moved in with his girlfriend and their two dogs, and there may have even been… (Read More)
“Bianco has catapulted himself onto a level of eclectic song craft on par with Elvis Costello and Tom Waits.” – LA WEEKLY By Jim Bianco My first musical memory was of my mother, Jane, a nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn, playing… (Read More)
John Hiatt and The Ageless Beauties
John Hiatt is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country. Hiatt has been nominated for eleven Grammy Awards and has been awarded a… (Read More)
The Johnson Family Band is a collection of musicians from the Fargo Moorhead area that came together from a variety of musical backgrounds to celebrate a common love of folk music. We met in bars and classes we took together in… (Read More)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd and his group exploded on the scene in the mid-’90s and garnered huge amounts of radio airplay on commercial radio, which historically has not been a solid home for blues and blues-rock music, with the exception of Stevie… (Read More)
The modern genesis of Modern West began when Kevin’s wife, Christine, encouraged him to reconnect with his love of music. However, the history of the band goes back over 20 years when Kevin met John Coinman in a dirty, downtown warehouse… (Read More)
Bird On A Wing, Liza’s first solo release, marks a new beginning for one of Boulder, Colorado’s most admired talents. “This is the first time in my eighteen year career as a singer songwriter,” says Liza, "where I made every choice… (Read More)
Manda is a sixth generation Los Angeleno, a true California girl who grew up on the sounds of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and the Doors. Her songwriting style focuses on lyric and storytelling supported by catchy… (Read More)
Alternative singer/songwriter Neko Case (also of The New Pornographers) won a steadily growing cult audience for her smoky, sophisticated vocals and the downcast beauty of her music. Born in Alexandria, VA, Case moved around often as a child, spending the largest… (Read More)
Standing firm in no existing genre, Paper Bird’s backbone is their songwriting, musicianship and a general allergy to all limitations and trends. With seven members and no leader, this band is pulled in every direction imaginable, but thanks to their unique… (Read More)
Pat McGee, after nearly fourteen years of touring, feels the need to mix things up a bit. The namesake and leader of the Pat McGee Band may only be going by his own name when he performs these days, but it… (Read More)
Railroad Earth is one of America’s greatest bands playing today, plain and simple. They sing of our nation’s changing landscape and social ills with a commitment reminiscent of Woody Guthrie, while interpolating instrumental timbres that could have been pulled from Celtic… (Read More)
Robert Francis (born September 25, 1987, in Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is a multi-instrumentalist, folk Americana singer-songwriter. His debut full-length, One By One was released in August 2007 by Aeronaut Records. The record has gained attention due, in part, to Francis’s… (Read More)
Rodney Crowell is one of country music’s most successful songwriters (for Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Bob Seger (“Shame On The Moon”), The Oak Ridge Boys and many others. While Rodney Crowell first gained widespread recognition as a leader of the new… (Read More)
Though he admits a certain discomfort with the moniker “King of Newgrass,” Sam Bush has more than earned it. As cofounder and leader of the seminal progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival through 18 years during the 1970s and ’80s, Bush… (Read More)
The songs and albums of songwriter/guitarist/vocalist Scott Miller have always possessed a strong sense of place. Citation, Miller’s third release with Sugar Hill Records, is no exception. It sports songs that emerge, breathing heavy, from the broken-in seats of the vehicle… (Read More)
Shawn Mullins’ vibrant new album, honeydew (released March 11th on Vanguard Records) is teeming with humanity — hobos, railroad workers, traveling salesmen, homeless troubadours, fearful old people, youngsters yearning to escape from a dead-end existence, and several generations of family members… (Read More)
Steve Earle has released Townes, his highly anticipated follow up to the Grammy Award winning album Washington Square Serenade, via New West Records. The 15-song set is comprised of songs written by Earle’s friend and mentor, the late singer-songwriter, Townes Van… (Read More)
Biography THE BEGINNING The formation of The Band of Heathens is as natural and organic as the music they create. In early spring 2006, the three principle songwriters, Colin Brooks, Ed Jurdi and Gordy Quist, were sharing the bill every Wednesday… (Read More)
The Bastard Sons Of Johnny Cash
Mark Stuart formed the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash on a whim, by accident, by chance, by fortune. He’d been in a punk rock band but that was done, over, finished, and it had nearly finished him. He had a dream… (Read More)
Austin, Texas’ The Gourds have never been much on sentiment. Since the band started defining Gourds Music, as it has come to be known, with Dem’s Good Beeble in 1997 and the quirky Stadium Blitzer in 1998, they have chugged through… (Read More)
The Puppini Sisters are a musical trio specializing in 1940s-style close harmony vocal music. The members are Italian Marcella Puppini and English Stephanie O’Brien and Kate Mullins. Although the three are not related, they chose their name in tribute to The… (Read More)
This Denver, Colorado band plays unabashed, straight-no-chaser music that pulls no punches and offers no apologies for the love of some of the finer things in life: whiskey, women, song, and good timin’ friends. While their songs are soaked in traditional… (Read More)
The Trenton Allan Project is comprised of Trenton Allan, the lead singer of The Butchers and other local musicians. Come and support local music and pay no cover! (Read More)
If you play in a band in Duluth, MN, you’re bound to start another band with people from other bands in Duluth. In early 2003 Guitar player and songwriter Dave Simonett and mandolin player Erik Berry followed this simple and inescapable… (Read More)
