BY HELEN LAME’ AND RICK D. PORCARO The eighth annual BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival concluded Sunday night with headlining sets by Foo Fighers, Megan Thee Stallion and Village People bringing the Labor Day weekend event to a close with over 120,000 fans attending the three day celebration. As usual, …
Read More »Jack Russell’s Great White pays another tribute to Led Zeppelin
BY KARYN A. POKLETAR A sequel is the continuation of a story that develops because of an earlier one. In this case Jack Russell and Great White have continued covering the thrilling Led Zeppelin catalog with Great Zeppelin ll: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin, 22 years after releasing 1999’s Great …
Read More »Chrissie Hynde provides musical color to Bob Dylan covers album
BY KARYN A. POKLETAR From punk rock icon to jazz chanteuse, Chrissie Hynde has long been an innovative tour deforce in the world of music. Now, nearly 45 years after her debut as the ballsy front woman of the Pretenders, she’s lending her signature vocals and impassioned interpretations to nine …
Read More »Indie-rocker TORRES clearly Thirstier on her new album
BY KARYN A. POKLETAR The ten tracks on Brooklyn-based Mackenzie Scott’s Thirstier embrace the rethinking of a brooding artist’s life. Scott’s place in the world, singing style and mood have changed and healed because of what she’s found since the seriousness of her 2017 album Three Futures, which recounted the …
Read More »Eilish’s experimental sophomore album happily shows growth
BY KARYN A. POKLETAR One of the most scrutinized teenagers on the planet, Los Angeles born pop-singer Billie Eilish negotiates her emerging womanhood on her second album Happier Than Ever. This mezzosoprano moves on from her 2019 goth debut When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? with melodramatic …
Read More »Colin Hay’s newest album gives him something to do with himself
BY MARIANA GARRICK Colin Hay’s thirteenth studio album I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself is a creative cover album. The album features ten versions of some of his favorite songs that are mostly from the 60’s that include The Beatles, Dusty Springfield, The Kinks, Jimmy Cliff, Blind …
Read More »Leon Bridges blossoms on soul filled Gold-Diggers Sound
BY MARIANA GARRICK In Leon Bridges’ first album since 2018, Gold-Diggers Sound shows an entirely different side to the R&B/Soul artist. Bridges flourishes on this newest installment by addressing his insecurities and showing his sensual side—all in a way that will get just anyone moving to the signature sound of …
Read More »Jackson Browne stays political on Downhill From Everywhere
BY MARIANA GARRICK Jackson Browne continues to show long-time fans that his career is far from over with his latest album Downhill From Everywhere. After being in the music business since the age of 16, the 72-year-old musician and environmental activist still has the same melancholy but hopeful sound as …
Read More »Rateliff drops moving Red Rocks 2020 live set recorded sans fans
BY MARIANA GARRICK Nathaniel Rateliff’s newest album Red Rocks 2020 was recorded a bit differently from what most musicians and listeners are used to. Recorded in the empty iconic Denver open-air amphitheater during a run of socially distant shows in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic last September, attendance was …
Read More »Modest Mouse floats on with newest album “The Golden Casket”
BY MARIANA GARRICK Modest Mouse stays true to its creative, quirky and ever-changing sound with their most recent album The Golden Casket. Since their earliest beginnings in 1992, the band has released seven albums that have been dramatically different, yet still enjoyable for long-time fans that have grown and adapted …
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