Today, guitarist extraordinaire Cory Wong has released his eighth album of 2020, The Striped Album. The self-produced album finds Wong in typical giddy form, masterfully combining elements of funk, blues and disco, and features a variety of special guests to share in the merriment, including Kimbra, Joe Satriani and Tom Misch. To celebrate the release,… Continue reading Cory Wong releases eighth album of 2020
Charlie Overbey’s new song, “Ode to John Prine,” is out today with all proceeds benefitting NIVA’s Save Our Stages (watch the official music video here and stream/purchase the song here). Written by Overbey and produced by Tedd Hutt, the song features background vocals by LP as well as an all-star band: Conan’s Jimmy Vivino (musical… Continue reading "Ode to John Prine" tribute song to benefit NIVA’s Save Our Stages out today
Acclaimed rock/alt-country quintet Lucero is gearing up to release When You Found Me on January 29, 2021 (Liberty and Lament/Thirty Tigers). Lucero reunites with Grammy Award winner Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Price, Drive-by Truckers) who produced their 2018 acclaimed album Among The Ghosts. When You Found Me was recorded in the band’s home town… Continue reading Lucero To Release When You Found Me January 29
Nine-piece funk band Turkuaz is celebrating five years of their 2015 LP Digitonium by pulling back the curtain and letting fans into the studio for the record’s recording. This time the band shares never-before-seen in-studio footage of the synth-filled, fan-favorite, “Nightswimming.” In addition to releasing footage from the record’s recording, to celebrate the anniversary Turkuaz has pressed Digitonium to 180g vinyl, available… Continue reading Turkuaz Shares "Nightswimming" Recording Session
The legendary label 415 Records was instrumental in forging San Francisco’s musical identity at the dawning of the new wave era. 415 started with releases by SVT, the Uptones, and Pop-O-Pies, and eventually broke through to the mainstream with latter-day signings like Romeo Void, Translator, and Red Rockers. Liberation Hall will reissue 415’s indie (pre-Columbia… Continue reading Liberation Hall To Launch 415 Records Reissue Series
“This all started as a series of jam sessions in the kitchen,” says Joe Funk, bassist for the breakout progressive bluegrass band Kitchen Dwellers. “We were getting together to play covers and traditional music and old-time tunes for fun after school, and everything else just evolved from there.” For Kitchen Dwellers, “everything else,” as Funk… Continue reading Kitchen Dwellers New Year's Run @ Boulder Theater
Aux Chord continues “The Afterparty” concert series this Friday, Oct. 23 with performances by Khris Royal, Jesse Davis and DJ Raydar Ellis. Event starts at 10:15pm EST on www.auxchord.live, airing directly after Trey Anastasio’s virtual residency at the Beacon. Founded by acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and Trey Anastasio Band member James Casey, Aux Chord is a live… Continue reading Khris Royal, Jesse Davis & More Join The Afterparty
Boston singer, guitarist and composer, Bryan Porter Hinkley Discusses His New EP, We Live Through It, Staying Up Past Bedtime To Listen To His Mom’s Bluegrass Band Practice and Turning His Daughter’s Bedroom Into A Recording Studio During The Pandemic. Bryan Porter Hinkley is a musical jack of all trades – he’s toured the world… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Bryan Porter Hinkley
Bob Margolin has been a leading force in the blues world for more than 50 years now, as guitarist, bandleader, featured sideman, producer, teacher, writer, recording artist, and keeper of the flame. In the last couple years he reprised his iconic 1976 performance alongside former boss Muddy Waters in Warren Haynes’s hugely successful, star-studded “Last Waltz”… Continue reading Bob Margolin's "Star of Stage and Screens" Available Now
Van Plating wasn’t sure how her self-titled album would be received in 2019 after a nine-year hiatus from music. After attending Florida Southern College and majoring in violin and voice, Plating spent her 20s immersed in the indie rock scene, playing violin and singing with her band Pemberly (named after the country estate in Pride… Continue reading Van Plating's New Single "Bird on a Wire" – OUT NOW
