The holidays are here again, and some of our favorite roots artists have gotten in the spirit this year by releasing new albums of music for the season. By and large, they’re not content to rehash the classics, either. They’ve […]
The holidays are here again, and some of our favorite roots artists have gotten in the spirit this year by releasing new albums of music for the season. By and large, they’re not content to rehash the classics, either. They’ve […]
Most of the time, when you hear “crowdfunding campaign”, you think of a new album. That has been, and still remains, the primary driver of music campaigns. But crowdfunding campaigns can be about much more, from archival releases to funding […]
David Gross is a friend and fellow music enthusiast who I also happen to work with. He likes puns and does a great impression of Bill Graham. And, as Big Dave, he also hosts Rockabilly Roadhouse on Santa Rosa, California’s “The […]
As his career matured, Nick Lowe developed a measure of respectability that might have surprised his younger self; particularly the irreverent Nick Lowe who recorded as The Tartan Horde and titled his solo debut The Jesus of Cool. Lowe’s lyrics […]
You’re not imagining it. The title of the latest record from guitar band Los Straitjackets sounds a little familiar. What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Los Straitjackets is something of a tribute, as the group offers us their versions […]
On December 4, Nick Lowe brought his 2nd Annual Quality Holiday Revue to one of Atlanta’s finest venues the Variety Playhouse. St. Nick treated an adoring full house to not only an amazing performance backed by surf music champions Los Straitjackets but he also […]
Link Wray died of heart failure at the age of 76 in his adopted city of Copenhagen, Denmark, on November 5, 2005, but the news didn’t break worldwide until weeks later. When that message did arrive, it might have seemed […]
Back in the mid-’60s, Mexican bands such as Los Rockin’ Devils and Los Teen Tops specialized in recording American rock ‘n’ roll hits in Spanish. With the aid of vocalists Cesar Rosas (who produces), Big Sandy (from the Fly-Rite Boys) […]
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