AltWeeklies Wire
The prodigal king Royal-Tee returnsnew
Rapper returns to what he does best — making music for the common man.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Emiene Wright |
12-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Royal-Tee
Romero Y Perez Pave Their Own Roadnew
Romero Y Perez describe their sound as “Spanish Fusion music of classical flamenco with a modern twist.” Their sounds are vibrant, alive and fast. You could tell someone was playing guitar with their fingers on fire.
Random Lengths News |
Melina Paris |
12-12-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Daryl Hall is suddenly cool again thanks to online seriesnew
Daryl Hall and John Oates were two of the biggest pop stars in the world during the early days of MTV, thanks in part to a string of R&B-flavored hits including "Your Kiss Is On My List," "Private Eyes," and "Maneater."
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
12-12-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Paint it Greynew
Local recording engineer's remastering of Danger Mouse's famed mash-up goes viral.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
12-12-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Danger Mouse, The Grey Album
One of the Last of the Coltrane Sidemen is not in a Talking Moodnew
There aren't too many folks left who played with John Coltrane.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
12-12-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cedar Walton
Lee Fields shares musical wisdom in his second actnew
At 62, N.C.-born singer is part of a growing soul revival in Brooklyn.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Schacht |
12-06-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Daptone, Lee Fields
Viva John Lennon: Jenny Luna may be a dreamer, but she's not the only onenew
Jenny Luna wasn't even alive when John Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980, let alone when the Beatles took the world by storm in the early '60s.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-05-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Larry Coryell gets haughty about his skills ... and rightly so.new
Some players willfully flout convention, bounding from one genre to the next. Guitarist Larry Coryell didn’t set out to play garage, psych, jazz and fusion. He’s just kept good company over almost fifty years in music.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
12-04-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Larry Coryell
Rush comes to San Antonio with a first for the band: a string sectionnew
"I never expected it to be like this," Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson said in a recent phone interview. "I had my 59th birthday [on Aug. 27], and [drummer Neil Peart] turned 60 a couple of weeks later. And yeah, in a lot of ways, it feels like it did in 1976."
San Antonio Current |
Alan Sculley |
11-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Flogging Molly finds hope in the darkest placesnew
Flogging Molly frontman Dave King is an Irish Springsteen. He writes songs that celebrate working-class values and the everyman's indomitable spirit. Not surprisingly, the songs are occasionally dark, especially when King recounts his impoverished Irish upbringing ("Life in a Tenement Square," "Screaming at the Wailing Wall"), but even these tunes are hoisted by the vitality and hope at their center.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
11-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Flogging Molly
Season of the Bitchnew
Halestorm's Lzzy Hale crashes heavy metal's boys club.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
11-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
IHOP Rapnew
Mac Lethal ventures beyond pancakes.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
11-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: hip-hop, Mac Lethal
Rah Rah's New Album Garners Cheersnew
The little band from the Canadian prairie is trying to breaking into the American market, and their album might be strong enough to do it.
Boulder Weekly |
David Accomazzo |
11-26-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Singer/songwriter Julie Slonecki adds new flavors to her soundnew
Julie Slonecki doesn't need a menu to know what she wants to order at Waffle House. Cup of coffee. Grilled cheese. And hash browns, diced and covered.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
11-21-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Julie Slonecki
Juicy J finds a second life rapping about the herbnew
Some music rains down on us from above in Bieber and Rihanna-sized droplets. Other sounds bubble up from the streets. That's where Three 6 Mafia's Juicy J got his start. Juicy J, a.k.a. Jordan Houston, worked his way up with his buddy DJ Paul (Paul Beauregard) the old-school way, beginning in the early '90s.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
11-21-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Juicy J
