Your Front Row Seat To Americana Music
With their swampy riffs and mud-covered rock n’ roll, the North Mississippi Allstars have always honored the past while keeping an eye on the future. That tradition continues with their forthcoming album, Prayer For Peace, a collection of Allstars originals as well as reinterpretations of works by legendary artists that have influenced the band. Anchored... Continue Reading →
An ominous steel guitar introduction ushers this eager listener into the journey that is Straw In The Wind, the debut LP from Nashville-based country rock outfit The Steel Woods—as the song builds like it’s virtually rising from the mighty cypress swamps in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. The strike of a bass drum at... Continue Reading →
“I went on a musical pilgrimage after high school and ended up in New Orleans; it was like all my interests had come together in this one place,” says bluesy roots rocker Luke Winslow-King. The Cadillac, Michigan native was inspired by the fact that music is an integral component of the Crescent City culture. “I... Continue Reading →
“When I was about 15, my parents randomly gave me a guitar for Christmas. I’d asked for one a few years before, and I’d forgotten about it, I was one of those kids whose parents would always try to get me to try new things, but I never really got into anything,” says Marty O’Reilly,... Continue Reading →
Oakland-based five-piece bluesy soul machine The California Honeydrops performed at The Basement in Nashville recently; on tour in support of their latest release, A River’s Invitation, The Honeydrops have been tearing up the highways, with an itinerary packed full of summer festival performances, a stop at the legendary Burning Man festival, and not one, but two hometown... Continue Reading →
Faced only with the sounds on the album, one would be unlikely place The California Honeydrops as a Bay-area band fronted by a vocalist/multi-instrumentalist from Warsaw, Poland. Instead, you would likely believe you were hearing sounds from somewhere like Memphis, Tennessee. Combining elements of free jazz, soul and R&B, The California Honeydrops create smoothly-crafted tunes... Continue Reading →