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In the news today: The Hives, Gorilla Biscuits, Breaking Benjamin, Jasen Rauch, Janelle Monáe, Gordon Lightfoot, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Grandaddy, Imagine Dragons, Eurovision, Nikki Sixx. Mötley Crüe, Ghost, Vinyl, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Willie Nelson, Rammstein
Things Happen That Way (Rounder). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Dr. John’s Final Studio Album Things Happen That Way Comes Out September 23, 2022
Found Yourself a Lady (Self-Release). Review by Christopher Long.
James Mann chose a grand night to welcome live music back to Santa Fe with Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives.
Let’s leave 2020 in our rearview, shall we?
Listening to the Music (Last Roundup Records). Review by James Mann.
Tommy Emmanuel with opener Ida Mae thrilled Central Florida with an astounding acoustic performance. Michelle Wilson loved every minute of it.
Ignored upon release, Marty Stuart’s The Pilgrim is now regarded as a classic of the genre. Read how it came to be in this lavish look.
You Don’t Know Me (Southpaw Musical Productions). Review by Christopher Long.
I Believe in You. Review by Stacey Zering.
An Article From Life: The Complete Recordings (Bear Family Productions). Review by James Mann.
Two artists look at fathers and sons - Doug Hoekstra experiences Springsteen on Broadway.
Circus of Life (Echo Hill Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
A few our editor saved from falling thru the cracks of 2017.
A bastion of the Texas Two Step fights off the real estate boom in Austin Texas.
Close Ties (New West Records). Review by James Mann.
South Texas Suite (Six Shooter Records, Inc.). Review by James Mann.
The Out of Towners (Saustex). Review by James Mann.
Ray Benson looks back at the his journey with Asleep At the Wheel, and the result is a hoot. James Mann says “Ah ha!”
Report, the third, on the massive event recently devouring Orlando, the 2023 Orlando International Fringe Festival, from Carl F. Gauze.
In the news today: Best Board Games, Tina Turner, Trugoy the Dove, Electric Six, Drew Barrymore, Ratboys, Slipknot's Clown, Fugees, Juneteenth, Shannen Doherty
When witches gather, dinner is who you make it, in Witchapalooza, a play by Kamron Kiltgaard. Carl F. Gauze reviews.
In the news today: Best Board Games, Tina Turner, Trugoy the Dove, Electric Six, Drew Barrymore, Ratboys, Slipknot's Clown, Fugees, Juneteenth, Shannen Doherty, Jen Lush, Romy, Bad Omens, Kindness and Care, Halsey, Lilith, A Giant Dog, Brendan Small
This week, Christopher Long spots and scores a mint-condition vinyl copy of the 1982 live album from one of his all-time favorite country artists, Tanya Tucker, at his local Goodwill store for a quarter.
Feast of Wire: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Quarterstick). Review by Judy Craddock.
In the news today: Alice Phoebe Lou, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Wilco, Noel Gallagher, Foo Fighters, Allison Russell, Brian Eno, Mantra of the Cosmos, Happy Mondays, Oasis, Ride, supergroup, Jason Isbell, The 400 Unit, Renee Rapp, Queens of the Stone Age, Phantogram, Viagra Boys, tour news, Spider-Man, Miyazaki, Is For Lovers Festival, Drug Church
Director Pietro Marcello follows up his heralded adaptation of Jack London’s Martin Eden with Scarlet, a bold reimagining of Aleksandr Grin’s classic 1923 novel, Scarlet Sails. Lily and Generoso review Marcello’s exceptional contemporary take on this beloved fairy tale.
In the news today: Lazy Hale, Halestorm, Run-DMC, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Eve, Melvins, Boris, Cult of Luna
In the news today: Steve Vai, The Sawtooth Grin, Thin, Sunflo'er, GWAR, Skrillex, Primavera Sound, Sweet Gloom, The Chats, Cosmic Psychos, Yellowcard, Fontaines Dc, Grian Chatten