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Nassuet’s ‘Eleutherios’ features solid instrumentation, interesting melodies, and a unique mixture of sounds and styles.
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Music Review: Chris Robinson Brotherhood – ‘Betty’s Blends Volume Two: The Best from the West’
Chris Robinson Brotherhood serves up a second helping of 'Betty's Blends,' and it's delicious.
Read More »Music Review: Alabama Shakes – ‘Sound & Color’
If you thought Alabama Shakes had a great debut album, their sophomore release 'Sound & Color' will only make you love this band more.
Read More »Interview: Ian Anderson on His Upcoming ‘Jethro Tull – The Rock Opera’ Tour, the Original Jethro Tull, and the State of the World
'I'm not a politician, not a university lecturer. I am a songwriter, an entertainer, I dance around and play the fool for you on stage and you can kind of tap your feet and smile along with me.'
Read More »Music Review: Indie Roundup – Cameron Mitchell’s ‘Chelsea No Evil’ and Brian Lisik’s ‘Curtisinterruptedus’
Mitchell's old-school rock and roll reveals a cool sensitivity.
Read More »Music Review: Slim Loris – ‘Love and Fear’
Slim Loris brings together songs both for the sunniest and darkest of days.
Read More »Music Review: Giant Sand – ‘Heartbreak Pass’
Giant Sand celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new album.
Read More »I Shall Be Released: Music News from Mariah Carey, Mika, Slayer, Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard, Martin Gore and More
Plus Adam Lambert, The Who, Smash Mouth, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Esperanza Spalding, The Kentucky Headhunters, Nashville Pu$$y and more.
Read More »Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary Commemorated on Stage, on Screen, and on the Page
The Dead played their first documented concert at Magoo's Pizza Parlor on May 5, 1965.
Read More »Music Review: Ringo Starr – ‘Postcards from Paradise’
Affable and steady-rocking, Ringo Starr's latest is more of the same - for better or worse.
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