Frank Turner Wants You to “Be More Kind”
This British folk singer has been compared to both Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen – but he has a tongue-in-cheek quality that’s unlike his elders.
“The Prodigal Son”: Ry Cooder’s Latest Reinvention
The roots-rocker returns with an album that (true to form) dips into everything from church music to New Orleans horns to social justice themes – all with his trademark twist. Plus, his son Joachim is the producer.
Jack Antonoff, Bleachers, and the “Feels” of Youth
Jack Antonoff’s busy creating movie soundtracks and working with Lourde and Pink when his band Bleachers isn’t going all ’80s with their album “Gone Now” which recaptures how it felt to grow up in that decade.
Jack White Goes Synth On “Boarding House Reach”
From Zeppelin-era sounds to gospel standards and even 1870s classical music, Jack White mixes it all up on his newest project. In short, the guy who resisted studio “tricks” is now taking them into intriguing new territory.
Antigone Rising Turns 20
Our interview with the all-female alt-country Antigone Rising arrives just as the band marks two decades of shaking things up – always with a sense of humor and killer riffs. Their next move? Using music to move the next generation of Girls Rising.