AltWeeklies Wire
Sacramento rapper and convicted gang member Mozzy now one of the music industry's most-wanted commoditesnew
Mozzy is poised to become the biggest rapper ever out of Sacramento. And yet the troubled past that informs his raps and fuels his success might also lead to his demise.
Sacramento News & Review |
Blake Gillespie |
03-21-2016 |
Music
Full of scat: Locals extra expressive at this year's Polarjazznew
The music is mostly rock and folk, but the world's northernmost jazz festival is still an art of improvisation where dogsledding and destruction of gear in -25C twilight happens. This year's lineup had locals extra verbose on-stage and off – not always a good thing.
The music world is waking up to Halifax's Nap Eyesnew
Demure genius Nigel Chapman and his band are going big.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Adria Young |
02-05-2016 |
Music
Katlyn Conroy and Matt Pryor write made-to-order love songs for Valentine's Daynew
Flowers die. Lingerie fades. But songs — songs last forever...
Slim Jesus, Spike Lee and the art of cultural inauthenticitynew
Emcees in Chicago's underground drill-rap community are divided over which of two outsiders to dislike more.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
12-16-2015 |
Music
Why Goodie Mob's Soul Food Is the Greatest Atlanta Rap Album of All Timenew
The money. The power. The trap. The New South. The War on Drugs. The Red Dogs.
The Dixie flags. The Million Man March. The Atlanta Child Murders. The black mecca.
The 20th anniversary of ‘Soul Food.’ The South Had Something to Say.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
12-11-2015 |
Music
Tags: goodie mob
Nostalgia and nightmaresnew
Dreams frontman Nick Wold on Nirvana, Duran Duran and Charles Manson.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
12-11-2015 |
Profiles & Interviews
Heavy Balancenew
BLACK YOGA founders release a dual CD/DVD to help you experience the darker side of Yoga in your own home.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Margaret Welsh |
10-28-2015 |
Music
Lester the personnew
What it was like to sit next to Lester Bangs for six years.
San Diego Reader |
Staff |
09-30-2015 |
Music
Nostalgia and Everything Afternew
Talking to Adam Duritz on the phone is like watching nostalgia incarnate walk through the door. The idiosyncratic voice of the Counting Crows frontman is still as raspy and boyish as ever, a key to his charm. That voice helped define a post-Nirvana ’90s.
Eugene Weekly |
Alex V. Cipolle |
09-24-2015 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cookin' WIth Coolionew
Rapper and chef Coolio teaches Charleston City Paper how to cook a panty-dropping meal.
Charleston City Paper |
Rex Steckel |
09-23-2015 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: coolio
Woody Guthrie called it music about folksnew
...and Valley Center's Joel Rafael agrees, finally plays a hometown show
San Diego Reader |
Staff |
09-22-2015 |
Music
Tags: woody guthrie
Global Union celebrates 10 years of multicultural musicnew
When you start a music festival from scratch, it’s not supposed to go as well as Global Union has gone. But Alverno Presents’ annual world music festival is the exception that proves the rule. Neither artistic director David Ravel nor assistant director Rory Trainor would say putting the festival together is easy — either back when they were working on the inaugural 2006 edition or the 10th anniversary show later this month — but they do admit it’s been increasingly successful since day one.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Matthew Reddin |
09-11-2015 |
Music
Eagles of Death Metal: Stayin' Hornynew
Palm Desert's Eagles of Death Metal, at Long Last, Release a New Album.
Coachella Valley Independent |
Brian Blueskye |
08-28-2015 |
Music
Tags: Eagles of Death Metal
New twist on traditional music takes Mipso farnew
Chapel Hill's Mipso has roots in Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
Triad City Beat |
Jordan Green |
08-25-2015 |
Music
