AltWeeklies Wire
Fraternally Yoursnew
In the past year, The Felice Brothers have risen from the underground—literally, just a year ago they were busking on subway platforms—to become an established touring act with two albums out and a third due in March.
New York Press |
David Callicott |
01-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Felice Brothers
Polarity Shiftnew
When Against Me! switched up its approach, the band may have lost its way.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Gabe Meline |
01-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Against Me!, New Wave
Playing off the Pagenew
On their most recent CD, A Love Supreme, the Turtle Island Quartet dropped the word "String" from the middle of their name.
Port Folio Weekly |
Jim Newsom |
01-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Better than William Shatnernew
"I was always writing songs," Jeff Daniels said when he called a couple of weeks ago, "god-awful bad songs. I kept them in a notebook."
Port Folio Weekly |
Jim Newsom |
01-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jeff Daniels
Jojo Knows How To Have a Good Timenew
For piano-playing John "Jojo" Hermann, the Widespread Panic off-season just means an excuse to play front-man and book more intimate venues.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Jojo Hermann
Brave New Worldnew
The Bravery forges through criticism toward fresh musical horizons.
San Diego CityBeat |
Staff |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Bravery, The Sun and The Moon
Mr. Pitifulnew
When you're Matt Costa, the sun is always shining.
San Diego CityBeat |
Jessie Nelson |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Matt Costa, Unfamiliar Faces
The Pack Heeds a Higher Callingnew
As hip-hop continues to falter -- falling from high art to hi-fi ringtone factory -- it's quite possible that the salvation of the culture lies in four Vans-wearing skateboarding teens from Berkeley, CA.
Dig Boston |
Martín Caballero |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Based Boys, The Pack
Harmony At First Listennew
Dynamic husband-and-wife country duo shines brightly on American Songwriter Magazine's Winter Tour.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Wrights
Terence Blanchard Leads the Waynew
Using his music to help shed light on the entire Katrina tragedy, the horn player recently wrote and performed the music for director Spike Lee's highly acclaimed HBO documentary, When the Levees Broke. Then Blanchard went a step further by adding to the music used in Lee's film to create the recently released album, A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina).
Charleston City Paper |
Alan Sculley |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Miranda Lawnew
Four years after placing third on Nashville Star, 24-year-old Miranda Lambert is able to say, once and for all, that she’s glad she failed to win.
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Able Baker Fox Delivers Impressive Debutnew
When the band’s at its most aggressive and least hook-driven, it brings to mind Make Believe-era Tim Kinsella (and just how good that band’s records actually are), but also shows how impressive this band is, and how the sound is rather polished for a first record.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Able Baker Fox, Voices
Jack Of All Tradesnew
Dave Powers is truly a jack-of-all-trades. He is a producer, composer, keyboardist, lyricist, live visual artist, web developer and DJ. His latest studio project is a highly anticipated forthcoming solo EP for Klectik featuring a remix from Berlin-based producer/label owner/DJ Camea.
Chicago Newcity |
Elly Rifkin |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dave Powers
Apollo Missionnew
Valerie Fernandez takes her soulful pipes to legendary Harlem theater and emerges with new ambition.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Valerie Fernandez
New Orleans' Other Saintsnew
At 73, Roger Dickerson, the 2008 honoree for lifetime achievement at the Big Easy Awards' 14th Annual Tribute to the Classical Arts, is Louisiana's de facto pianist laureate, the classical counterpart to James Booker and Allen Toussaint.
Gambit |
Noah Bonaparte Pais |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Roger Dickerson
