Ray LaMontagne’s “Monovision” — Soulful Songs of Life, Love
Ray LaMontagne’s “Monovision,” recalls the warm acoustic songs of artists like CSN, Van Morrison, and Jim Croce. Just what’s needed now.
Lester Bangs and His Millenium Moment
Legendary, cantankerous critic Lester Bangs wrote some of the most insightful pieces on rock music. A new documentary invites a revisit of his work.
The La’s: A Group In Search of Perfection
The La’s created pop songs, many of which were as infectious as those of their Liverpool brethren, The Beatles. So after one album, what happened?
Dermot Kennedy: Ireland’s Newest Singer/Poet
Ireland has produced an enormous amount of great artists — musical and more. Dermot Kennedy is bridging music and poetry.
New Jazz 2018: Idris Ackamoor to Dan Weiss
Spacey “spiritual” jazz, Van Morrison’s gift for improv, an Estonian pianist, and a “brain-shattering version of Nirvana’s ‘Negative Creep’…these are just a few of the artists taking jazz music into entirely uncharted directions. Ready for it?