Andy Evans’ offering sounds familiar yet is intriguing enough to warrant a listen.
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Are You Listening? 2015 in Music: Lianne La Havas, Mika, Carly Rae Jepsen, Seal, Madonna, Hot Chip, Janet Jackson and More
Highlights in popular music from 2015. Includes records by Lianne La Havas, Mika, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hot Chip, Seal, Janet Jackson and many more!
Read More »Music Review: Neil Finn and Paul Kelly – ‘Goin’ Your Way’ [Live Double Album]
Finn's dark, drama-drenched writing mixes nicely with Kelly's more straightforward folk and folk-rock songs; the optimism of Kelly's work is a pleasing counterweight to the seriousness of the sublime pop Finn has crafted over the decades. Both singer-songwriters are in excellent voice on this live recording from 2013.
Read More »Concert Review: We Were Promised Jetpacks at Paper Tiger (San Antonio, Nov. 24, 2015)
The rockers from Glasgow jetted into San Antonio this past Tuesday to make some serious noise on St. Mary’s Street.
Read More »Blu-ray & Music Review: ‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck’ and ‘Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings’ [Deluxe Edition Soundtrack]
Brett Morgen succeeds where others before him have failed in giving the world a Kurt Cobain life story that is as profoundly intimate, non-judgmental and powerful as you could ever ask for.
Read More »Music Review: Art Pepper – ‘Live at Fat Tuesday’s’
2015 is a good year for Art Pepper fans.
Read More »DVD Review: Rage Against the Machine – ‘Live at Finsbury Park’
This is an absolutely top-notch concert DVD and an absolute must for any fan of the band.
Read More »Music Review: Sinne Eeg and Thomas Fonnesbæk – ‘Eeg – Fonnesbæk’
There is a purity in their stripped down performance, an infectious emotional honesty; this is a duo that works.
Read More »Concert Review: Saint Thomas Choir and Orchestra of St. Luke’s – Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ and Haydn’s ‘Missa in Angustiis’ (NYC Nov. 12 2015)
Mozart's unearthly achievement with his unfinished 'Requiem' was on glorious display.
Read More »Interview: Tour Talk with Vinyl Theatre’s Keegan Calmes
Vinyl Theatre's Keegan Calmes opens up about the meaning behind their current single, "Breaking Up My Bones."
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