Artists
Born out of a love for American roots music, punk rock ethos, a serendipidous rencontre, and a mutual disdain for the state of popular music, two young men from the mountains of Colorado set out to revive the soul of American… (Read More)
Supply and Demand, the second studio album from Philadelphia native Amos Lee, illuminates his growth from emerging singer-songwriter to established recording artist. From the sparse, powerful, family elegy “Long Line of Pain,” to the country-r&b flavored title track, “Supply and Demand,... (Read More)
Anita Baker gave birth to “fireside love songs” and such classic gems as, “Giving You The Best That I Got,” “Just Because,” and “Fairy Tales.” Her mantel is filled with Grammy, Soul Train, NAACP Image, Billboard and Rolling Stone Awards and… (Read More)
Back Door Slam are teenagers Davy Knowles (guitars, vocal, mandolin, lap steel), Ross Doyle (drums) and Adam Jones (bass), all hailing from the small-but-perfectly-formed Isle of Man... (to find the tiny isle, go to Liverpool and look out to sea … (Read More)
Selfishness. It can be either a friend or foe in the songwriting process and the bigger musical world. For Blues Traveler, selfishness has been a long time coming. It’s what drives the band’s eighth studio album, ¡Bastardos!: a need for the… (Read More)
Bootsy Collins is best known as the bassist for Parliament/Funkadelic and leader of Bootsy’s Rubberband in the late 70’s. Bootsy got into music long before he became a part of Parliament/Funkadelic. Growing up in Cincinnati OH, he started playing guitar and… (Read More)
“Entertainment is my passion. I stay hungry for this, it is my life!” She stands at five feet, three inches tall, soaking up the world with a voice reminiscent of pure and untainted soul. What kind of soul? According to songstress… (Read More)
Photo Credit: Len Irish David Jacobs-Strain, a consummate finger-style and slide guitarist, plays in the blues tradition but isn’t from it. You’ll hear echoes of Skip James, Charlie Patton, Tommy Johnson, and a song or two by Fred McDowell or Robert… (Read More)
The name Hot Tuna invokes as many different moods and reactions as there are Hot Tuna fans—millions of them. To some, Hot Tuna is a reminder of some wild and happy times. To others, that name will forever be… (Read More)
“I write,” she says, “because I love it”. When first you hear the voice, rich, warm, remarkable, it’s a voice that suits a secret sharer, a woman who tells the truth. For 33 years, Joan Armatrading has done just that—in… (Read More)
Born in upstate New York, Joe Bonamassa started playing guitar, on a short-scale Chiquita, at the age of four. By seven he had graduated to a full-scale model and a year later, he was playing the blues like a veteran. Says… (Read More)
Photo by Nela Koenig It is not true that John Fogerty wrote every hit song on the radio between 1968 and 1970 – it merely seems that way. Fusing elements of basic ‘50s roots rock and what was called the swamp… (Read More)
Photo Credit: Steve Janowicz. Jonny Lang has a message for you. Sure, he’s been in touch before, speaking often with his guitar in the language of deep blues and searing rock & roll. But Turn Around is different. The guitar is… (Read More)
Kalai is urban vintage. The Hawaiian Born, Alaska raised, 26 year-old, is an old school young buck with do anything, anytime, at any level, musical talent. Besides being a lyrical BIGfoot, instrumentally this guy puts the Z in skillz. His music… (Read More)
Henry, Jojo, and Ringo Garza are the Los Lonely Boys, sons of ‘70s Texas conjunto player Enrique Garza of The Falcones. The boys sang with their father as kids, and as they grew up, listened to Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughn… (Read More)
Maceo Parker: his name is synonymous with Funky Music, his pedigree impeccable; his band: the tightest little funk orchestra on earth. Everyone knows by now that he’s played with each and every leader of funk, his start with James Brown… (Read More)
It is a voice that demands attention without rattling the cage – soft, seductive, bearing the flickering, genteel ghost of a Southern drawl. You lean into it to get closer, to catch the drift, and quickly discover that this aural voice… (Read More)
In the wake of Tom Waits and the slough of bands evoking an old-time spirit, there’s Denver’s Reverend Deadeye, mixing up his own brew of ministry inspired, soul-saving music. One of the things that impresses me most about Reverend Deadeye is… (Read More)
“I’ve always wanted to be a Juke…and I still do .” (Jon Bon Jovi) “There’s one thing I’ve always wanted to do,” Johnny confesses, “and that is to sing.” And he has been doing just that for over a third of… (Read More)
“The city hasn’t changed as much as real estate agents would have you believe,” Steve Earle explains about his adopted hometown of New York City. “Specifically, my neighborhood hasn’t changed that much. I point people in the right direction so that… (Read More)
A four-time W.C. Handy “Best Blues Instrumentalist – Piano” award nominee, Henry Butler knows no limitations. Although blinded by glaucoma since birth, Butler is also a world class photographer with his work displayed at exhibitions throughout the United States. Playing piano… (Read More)
The Manhattan Transfer were not an overnight success, but a result of many years of dues-paying and persistence, particularly by bass singer and founder Tim Hauser. Tim is joined by Janis Siegel (alto), Cheryl Bentyne (soprano), and Alan Paul (tenor). Hard… (Read More)
The Radiators got started on January 28, 1978 during a rehearsal in the garage of one of the band members; by the late ‘80s, they had become one of New Orleans’ most popular rock & roll bands, serving up a smorgasbord… (Read More)
Warren Haynes, a seven-time Grammy nominee, was recently declared the 23rd greatest guitar player of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine. The cross-genre songwriter/singer/guitar player has written songs topping the charts in Rock, Blues and Country including one of the biggest… (Read More)
Waste Deep is a six-piece funk/jazz band based in Aspen, Colorado. Waste Deep, with its three-piece horn section, seeks to energize crowds with high-power improvisational solos and funky beats. (Read More)
In 1985, two University of Georgia students, Michael “Panic” Houser and John Bell, began playing as Widespread Panic in Athens, Georgia. Constantly touring for the past two decades, Widespread Panic’s music so closely mimics life on the open road: rolling musical… (Read More)
