new release Archive
28 Jan 2023
Album Review: Crossword Smiles — Pressed & Ironed
Breezy, tuneful and possessing enough grit to set the music apart from standard-issue power poppers, Crossword Smiles craft solid, memorable tunes. The arrangements are uncluttered on these guitar-based riff rockers. […]
23 Jan 2023
Devo’s Gerald Casale is Still Not Through Being Cool
Gerald V. Casale is a founding member of conceptual rock band Devo. In addition to writing and/or co-writing a great deal of that band’s music with fellow founding member Mark […]
20 Jan 2023
Album Review: Shelton Powe
Piedmont finger-style folk-blues acoustic guitarist Shelton Powe debuted on record with 2012’s Carolina Blues and Gospel. He returned with 2016’s Black Folk Music (God is Good). On his third and […]
18 Jan 2023
Q&A: Matt Stubbs of GA-20
NOTE: GA-20 appears tonight (Thursday, Jan 19) at Asheville’s Grey Eagle. See ya there! GA-20 takes one of the blues’ traditional configurations, plants one foot firmly in the Chicago style, […]
17 Jan 2023
Album Review: GA-20 — Crackdown
The guitar-and-drums duo format is one with a long and rich history in the blues idiom. That stripped-down setup has also found success in rock acts, from Flat Duo Jets […]
14 Jan 2023
Album Review: Demetria Taylor – Doin’ What I’m Supposed to Do
Singer Demetria Taylor grew up in a musical household. Her father was Eddie Taylor, rhythm guitarist for Jimmy Reed. Demetria launched her own career, winning the B.L.U.E.S. on Halstead Blues […]
13 Jan 2023
The Cowsills: All in the Family (Part 4 of 4)
Continued from Part Three… During the Playboy appearance, Barbara Cowsill mentioned that the group was in negotiation with a new record label. And by 1971 The Cowsills had signed with […]
12 Jan 2023
The Cowsills: All in the Family (Part 3 of 4)
Continued from Part Two… Bob notes that when the Cowsills were on the way up, “Dad knew what to do, and how to ‘My way or the highway.’” Susan elaborates: […]
11 Jan 2023
The Cowsills: All in the Family (Part 2 of 4)
Continued from Part One… Mercury Records producer Shelby Singleton was always on the lookout for talent, and when he happened upon the Cowsills, he signed them to a deal. With […]
10 Jan 2023
The Cowsills: All in the Family (Part 1 of 4)
The Cowsills story is as much the story of a family as it is of a pop group. The two are inextricably entwined. And both are marked by soaring highs […]