Finny McConnell Is Headed For The Dark Streets Of Love
Finny McConnell will be prowling The Dark Streets Of Love this fall. After 30 glorious years of leading renowned Celtic punk rockers The Mahones, founder and bandleader McConnell decided...
Slash Feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators | Living the Dream
It must be especially good to be in Slash's shoes (and top hat) these days. The veteran guitar hero truly has the best of both worlds. On the one...
Albums Of The Week: Balkan Taksim | Disko Telegraf
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Balkan Taksim is the corduroy-clad brainchild of Bucharest-based multi-instrumentalist / artist Sașa-Liviu Stoianovici and his electronica-producer companion Alin Zăbrăuțeanu, who are on a quest to inform,...
Snoop Dogg | I Wanna Thank Me
WHO IS HE? The rapper formerly known as Snoop Doggy Dogg, Snoop Lion, Snoopzilla, The Doggfather, The Top Dogg, the head nizzle fo shizzle, the D.O. Double-G, Martha Stewart’s...
Album Review: Muddy Waters | Hollywood Blues Summit: Live at the Ash Grove, July...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Muddy Waters is one of the most important singer-songwriters and guitarists of the post-modern blues era.
His early 1960s...
Albums Of The Week: Jon Spencer & the HITmakers | Spencer Gets It Lit!
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Spencer Gets It Lit, the debut album from the indelible Jon Spencer (Blues Explosion, Boss Hog, Pussy Galore, Heavy Trash, etc) and his new supergroup...
Now Hear This: Two Tracks From Los Lobos’ Native Sons Covers Album
Los Lobos are sticking close to home for their next album. Native Sons, the veteran L.A. band's 17th studio release, is a covers album featuring songs by a slate...
Albums Of The Week: OFF! | Free LSD
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Brevity adds up. In less than 3 minutes, in one song, the new OFF! album Free LSD flashes AAA batteries around an abandoned world to...
Rewinding 2022 | Tinnitist’s Top Music Videos
I have said it before. I am saying it again: If there's one thing I've learned from running this site, it's that people love music videos. Here's the proof:...
DIY Discovery | Joe Kane / Radiophonic Tuckshop
Most of the music I hear is sent to me by labels and publicists. But there's nothing like getting it straight from the source. Welcome to the latest instalment...
Joel Plaskett | 44
Joel Plaskett contains multitudes. So no wonder he creates them too. For those who aren't already up to speed, his latest release 44 is the concept-loving Halifax singer-songwriter's biggest...
Classic Album Review: Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra | More Friends
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Maybe you know Jools...
Albums Of The Week: Sister John | I Am by Day
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Sister John are a band of four multi-instrumentalists from Glasgow, formed around the songwriting of Amanda McKeown.
Their 2017 debut album Returned From Sea explored themes...
Small Glories Announce New Album Assiniboine & The Red
Winnipeg folk duo The Small Glories — the pairing of acclaimed singer-songwriters Cara Luft and JD Edwards — will release their sophomore album and U.S. debut Assiniboine & The...
Albums Of The Week: Janis Joplin & Jorma Kaukonen | The Legendary Typewriter Tape:...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Jorma Kaukonen (later of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna) met a singer named Janis Joplin at a hootenanny in San Jose, Calif., in the fall...
