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After six years with the Southern rock outfit the Drive-By Truckers, singer and guitarist Jason Isbell left the group in 2007 to pursue a solo career, becoming one of the most successful and respected figures in the alt-country and singer/songwriter communities. While full of Southern grit, Isbell’s songs also show off an introspective side and […]

Along with Duran Duran, Billy Idol was one of the first young pop/rock artists to achieve massive success in the early ’80s due to the advent of MTV. Mixing his bad-boy good looks with an appealing blend of pop hooks, punk attitude, and dance beats, Idol quickly rocketed to stardom before hard living briefly derailed […]

For those of you who are fans of the late lamented Remy Zero out of Birmingham Alabama, you’re going to enjoy the upcoming screed. For those of you unaware, do yourselves a favor and check them out the next thing you do after reading this. Jeffrey Cain was one of RZ’s guitarists and vocalists, and since the […]

The Immediate Family began as a studio project in 2018 when Danny Kortchmar was recording his solo album, Honey Don’t Leave L.A., for Vivid Records in Japan. He called on his friends and secured featured guest performances by artists he has worked with like James Taylor, Jackson Browne, David Crosby and Michael McDonald. Danny played […]

Rollicking California ska-punk band shows how the uptempo variation on the classic Jamaican sound remains a perennial favorite on the West Coast. The group banded together with producer Tim Armstrong of Rancid to crank out a series of albums, like 2016’s Say It Out Loud, that harked back to the classic sound of 2-Tone Records, […]

Ida Mae is a rootsy Americana band formed by husband and wife duo Chris Turpin and Stephanie Jean Ward.  The couple formed the band after dissolving their hard-rocking British blues band Kill It Kid after three critically acclaimed albums. Ida Mae started as a simple, acoustic guitar-based two voices Americana and British blues songwriting outfit.  […]

  Crooner/Songwriter Chris Isaak clearly loves the reverb-laden rockabilly and country of Sun Studios. In particular, he transfers the sweeping melancholy of Roy Orbison’s classic Monument singles (“Crying,” “Oh, Pretty Woman,” “In Dreams”) to the more stripped-down, rootsy sound of Sun, resulting in a stylized take on ’50s and ’60s rock & roll that made […]

Samuel “Sam” Ervin Beam (born July 26, 1974), aka as Iron & Wine, his stage and recording name, is an American singer-songwriter. He has released five studio albums, several EPs and singles, as well as a few download-only releases, which include a live album (a recording of his 2005 Bonnaroo performance). He occasionally tours with […]

In May 2020, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram was presented with five Blues Music Awards, including ‘Album of the Year’ for Kingfish, his debut album. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is a blues guitarist and singer who began playing music at a young age.  Ingram became interested in the blues when his father showed him a documentary about Muddy […]