One of summer’s most anticipated releases is the debut album from the Allman Betts Band, Down To The River, which releases on June 28thvia BMG. The band has already been heavily touring in pre-support of the release, and undoubtedly will continue to do so. I attended an early show of the tour and you can […]
Son Volt brought their “Union” tour into Oklahoma City’s Jones Assembly on Tuesday June 18th. June must be a good time for founder and frontman Jay Farrar to visit Oklahoma, as the band’s last visit was also in June, but some six years ago. This time found them playing a much larger room, and a […]
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There’s a lot that makes up Duff McKagan musically. Best known as the bass player and co-songwriter for Guns N’ Roses, his newest solo release Tenderness shows him bravely venturing into an Americana fueled direction that actually suits him quite well. If you’re expecting the power and post punk edge of Gn’R, you’re likely facing […]
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Tim Easton’s Exposition is destined to be memorable for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, it’s a vibrant, personal testimony from a songwriter that demands to be heard. The ten songs that comprise the album are undoubtedly unique in their composition and execution. But also, the album will be infamously memorable (particularly for the […]
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Los Coast is one of those bands that that somehow manages to blend genres so effortlessly that when asked to describe the band, it’s nearly a headache inducing task to attempt. In the band’s bio they self describes themselves as punchy psychedelic-pop-soul. Yep. The description I seem to fall back upon is Houndmouth meets Fantastic […]
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At first glance one might be a bit perplexed by the combination of these two releases within one review. One is the newest release from songwriter Gary Nicholson, while the second, is a collection of songs deeply rooted in the blues from Whitey Johnson. Here’s a secret, the albums are by the same person. Whitey […]
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Consider me a fan of archival live recordings being released. Whether it’s this particular Neil Young release, or the Springsteen live archives or the obvious Grateful Dead live releases, I want them all. Even though I’ve had copies of varying quality of many of the releases finally being released, there’s just something special about getting […]
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Marc Broussard brought his “bayou soul” to the Tower Theatre last Friday night. I had a pretty good idea what to expect, though it was over 15 years since I last saw Broussard perform. That last opportunity had been in 2003 just prior to his major label debut, “Carencro” released in the fall of 2004. […]
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The blues is just about the most American of all the music styles out there. No other genre has such a grasp on the whole of human emotion than the blues. Music historian Alan Lomax was quoted as saying that, “the blues has always been a state of being as well as a style of […]
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I can’t help but speculate that there were many attending Shooter Jennings’ Tower Theatre show that were expecting something different Saturday night. Okay, perhaps “many” is an exaggeration, but undoubtedly there were some that got more than they bargained for. Leading up to show time, I overheard several conversations geared towards that “other“ Jennings. You […]
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