Reviews

For a generation who came of age in the ‘90s, Ben Folds is every bit as iconic as piano-pop elder statesmen like Joe Jackson,…

With the deaths of Otis Redding (who passed away in 1967), Ray Charles (2004) and James Brown (2006), Macon’s Richard Wayne Penniman is the…

It’s been 18 years since Faith No More’s last album (the multi-platinum Album of the Year) was released, and 17 years since they announced…

A lot has happened in the three years since Atlanta’s Royal Thunder released its swampy, cryptic 2012 debut, CVI. Most significantly, bassist/vocalist Mlny Parsonz…

José González was born in Sweden in 1978, two years after his academic psychologist father, mother and older sister escaped the military junta that…

Bettye LaVette may have been born and raised in Detroit, but her life is the stuff of which Delta blues classics are made.  …

Zach Braff may not be the world’s greatest actor, but the guy has arguably done more to give indie musical artists mainstream exposure in…

Ralph Stanley may not have invented bluegrass, but– at age 87– he’s old enough to have performed with the man who did.   Growing up in…

Released in 2002, Damien Rice’s O was arguably among the most critically acclaimed debut albums ever released by a singer-songwriter.   It also provided…

An Israeli Jew and a West African Muslim walk into an airport…   It may sound like the opening line to a decidedly un-p.c….

Most people who visit New Orleans rarely venture beyond the French Quarter. But if you head north from the mighty Mississippi and cross over…