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In the news today: The Dillinger Escape Plan, R.E.M., Breaking Benjamin, Jasen Rauch, Janelle Monáe, Gordon Lightfoot, Grandaddy, Nikki Sixx. Mötley Crüe, Ghost, Vinyl, Rammstein, Eurovision, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Four Tet, Kieran Hebden, William Tyler, Willie Nelson, Imagine Dragons, The Hives, Gorilla Biscuits, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks
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!”
A.J. Croce celebrates the 50th anniversary of his father, Jim Croce’s, three ground breaking albums, with a nationwide tour of Croce Plays Croce.
High Above Harlesden 1978 - 2023 from On-U Sound collects 60 dub and reggae tracks from Creation Rebel, an astounding set of musicians.
Gerta O. Egy’s beautifully drawn fungi almost eclipse their fairyland habitats in her Mushroom Daydream Coloring Book.
One of the last of the classic wuxia swordplay films stands as a fitting coda to the grand period of the genre. Phil Bailey reviews a new Blu-ray release of the 1975 film The Valiant Ones.
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Smash Mouth takes us back to The Brady Bunch circa 1973, with “Sunshine Day,” featuring Barry Williams, the original Greg Brady.
Not everyone can be excited by blocks spinning on a screen, but if you are, Ian Koss recommends you pay attention to Best of Five.
The final two films in the bonkers Hong Kong action comedy series The Inspector Wears Skirts hit Blu-ray from 88 Films.
A pair of early “girls with guns” action films from superstars Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock have arrived from 88 Films.