Jimmy Reed’s I’m Jimmy Reed is the kind of record that feels less like a debut and more like a mission statement. Released in 1958 on Vee-Jay Records, this collection
On his previous solo release, 2023’s Cedar City Sweetheart, Andrew Gabbard focused on adding more country/Americana elements to his indie rock base. This time, he mostly returns to his core
In recent years around this same time, Kelly Peterson, the wife of the late, iconic pianist, Oscar Peterson, released live performances from her archives. This is the fifth. Up until
It’s been more than a decade since Gavin Friday – former front man for The Virgin Prunes – last put out a solo album, but with Ecce Homo he picks
When Hallowed Ground was released in 1984, Violent Femmes were already known for their self-titled debut’s raw, stripped-down punk-folk energy. But rather than serving more of the same, the band
The dominant blue color scheme of the cover of Davy Knowles’ The Invisible Man is similar to that of his prior album. The two records are companion pieces of a sort, but
Seldom has a band so radically reformed itself as did The Bad Plus in 2022. The piano trio format was replaced by adding saxophonist Chris Speed and guitarist Ben Monder
The Deer Head Inn, in the unlikely locale of the Delaware Water Gap in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, is America’s oldest continuously running jazz club, presenting live music since
Whether you realize it or not, The Mommyheads have been reinvigorating American music from the hollow halls of its underground. The prolific and storied act has released seven albums in
Richmond, Virginia has a storied history of producing bands from a slew of disparate genres, from metal and punk groups like Lamb Of God, Municipal Waste, and Gwar to alt-country
