Artist Profiles
Becca: Alive and Well–with Attitude!
If you caught our Vcast this week, you saw that Craig is high on Becca, who he describes as a “girl with attitude”. As Craig described, Becca is a huge hit in Japan where she’s done a lot of anime work. The 2010 release (“Alive!!“) from the self-described ‘Rock chick’ who was singing before Full Text
Patty Griffin Goes to Church
This is about songs and soaring voices, about faith and fate. About family, yes, and loss, and jubilation. But mostly Downtown Church, the seventh album from Patty Griffin, is an opportunity to engage her special voice with the myriad traditions of gospel music. Yes, gospel music. You can’t get to rock ‘n’ roll or any other Full Text
Introducing Tal Wilkenfeld on Bass Guitar
Born in Sydney Australia, Tal first picked up guitar at age 14, and switched to the bass guitar 3 years later. After playing bass for only a few months, Roger Sadowsky heard Tal, and offered her an endorsement with Sadowsky guitars. Very quickly, Tal started performing as a sideman and bandleader, and started working towards Full Text
Duke is The King
Here’s a quick quiz: What do Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Jay McShann, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, John Hammond, the late Jimmy Witherspoon, Dr. John, Maria Muldaur, Roomful of Blues, and the Canadian band The Rockin’ Highliners all have in common? Answer: Duke Robillard Guitarist. Bandleader. Songwriter. Singer. Producer. Session musician. And a one-man cheering section for the blues, Full Text
News
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New Releases
Ahmad Jamal, A Quiet Time
50 years after “But Not For Me”, Ahmad Jamal, the 1st jazz artist in history to sell over 1 million records is still moving the masses. His new CD, A Quiet Time (Dreyfus) just released in the U.S.A; the much anticipated follow-up to the award winning and Jazzman Album of the Year, It’s Magic (Dreyfus) Full Article
Blue Rodeo, The Things We Left Behind
The definition of a rebel is someone who goes against the grain. Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead! For close to thirty years now, Blue Rodeo has taken the road less traveled – and succeeded far beyond anyone’s expectations. The band emerged in the early 80’s as a countrified rock band in the era of Full Article
Midlake, The Courage of Others
After a three year absence, Texas based folk-rockers Midlake will return to action in 2010 with its third album and a heavy touring schedule. Dubbed “The Courage of Others,” the eleven song set will be released on February 2 on Bella Union. The group recently constructed a new studio in their hometown of Denton, Texas, Full Article
Jamie Cullum, The Pursuit
Genre-bending, piano-prancing singer/multi-instrumentalist Jamie Cullum’s new album, “The Pursuit,” is his first collection of songs to capture his energy-filled live shows on record. With a wide stylistic bandwidth that incorporates everything from hard-swinging big band to backbeat-style R&B, the set showcases Cullum’s myriad talents, from fearless interpreter of other artists’ material to songsmith and showman of Full Article
Reviews
Spoon, Transference, Spin
If Spoon had been meant to ride a comet out of the collegiate airwaves into modern-rock radio ubiquity, they’d be kickin’ it with Jack White by now. True, the Austin, Texas band has already reached some checkpoints along that arc: getting signed to (and dropped [Read More]
- Spoon, Transference, Spin
- Midlake, The Courage of Others, The Guardian
- Blue Rodeo, Things We Left Behind, Popdose
- Beach House, Teen Dream, Boston Phoenix
- Jimi Hendrix, Valleys of Neptune, The Washington Post
- The Magnetic Fields, Realism, BBC
- The Fugs, Be Free, The Daily Freeman
- John Hiatt, The Open Road, LA Times
- Patty Griffin, Downtown Church, New York Times
- Tal Wilkenfeld, Transformation, Bass Player Magazine
- Ahmad Jamal, A Quiet Time, Jazz Times
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