8th Annual South Coast Jazz & Blues Festival Ready To Roll

Heather Bambrick, the Lou Pomonti Trio, John Finley, Charu Suri, and more are set to dazzle audiences from both in-person and the comfort of their homes for the 8th...

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When the live albums, greatest-hits collections, box sets, remixes discs, sequels, collaborations and reissues start to outnumber the major new releases, you know December has truly arrived. Thankfully, you...

More New Releases Than You Can Shake a Stick At

Most of the time it's not hard to keep up with the new-release announcements. The past couple of days, it's been almost impossible. Maybe people are trying to get...

Next Week in Music | July 5-11 • New Books

Richard Marx tells tales, Mary Gauthier gets saved, The Wu-Tang Clan saga is a twice-told tale, Bruce Springsteen says cheese and the rest of the new music tomes on...

Rewinding 2021 | Blues Albums

The blues never goes out of style. Especially these days. Here are the artists who kept it alive and kicking in 2021:   TINNITIST'S PICK Adia Victoria A Southern Gothic THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE:...

Next Week in Music | March 22-28 • The Long List: 450 Releases On...

However it came in, March is definitely going out like a lion — at least when it comes to new music. Here are the albums, EPs, singles, compilations, anthologies,...

Next Week in Music | May 1-7 • New Books

Springsteen’s Nebraska, Cooper’s craziness, Pharrell’s phrases, Converse’s universe, Abba’s awesomeness, Buffy’s bio and more are headed for your bookshelf. Read all about ’em:   Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of...

Matthew Burkhart Fires Up Slow Burn EP

Warm up to the glow of Matthew Burkhart’s debut EP Slow Burn — showcasing today on Tinnitist. “I’m the only one in my family with a musical bone,” the alt-country...

Next Week in Music | Oct. 24-30 • The Short List: 5 Titles You...

Howdy. I just got back from Nashville, where I saw Jason Isbell and Ruby Amanfu at the Ryman (absolutely incredible), Sudan Archives at the Basement East (easily the best...

Next Week in Music | Sept. 12-18 • The Short List: 17 Titles You...

Pink Floyd and The Black Angels. Miles, Mars Volta, Murlocs and Rhett Miller. CCR, Clutch and Coltrane. Joe Strummer and Jessie Reyez. Lou Reed and London Suede. And let's...

Christee Palace Takes A Wild Ride in Danger Video

Christee Palace is in the driver's seat with her new video for the single Danger — showcasing today on Tinnitist. “Danger, for me, is a song about conscious self-defiance,” the Windsor-born,...

Next Week in Music | June 13-19 • The Long List: 350 Releases On...

Happy birthday to the inimitable Bun E. Carlos, Cheap Trick’s original (and — with apolgies to Daxx Nielsen — greatest) drummer, who turns 71 years old today (Sunday, June...

Harmonium Go Symphonic After 44 Years

Harmonium's timeless sound is coming back — and heading to the symphony. The legendary Quebec group's entire catalogue — their self-titled 1974 debut album, the 1975 followup Si On Avait...

Next Week in Music | Nov. 15-21 • The Long List: 450+ Releases On...

Here are a few things to celebrate next week: Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger turns 47 on Monday, Diana Krall will be 57 on Tuesday, Gordon Lightfoot is 83 on Wednesday,...

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I first saw Drive-By Truckers about 20 years ago at SXSW. They were playing at some Sixth Street shithole, midway down the bill (I honestly can't remember who I...

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