San Francisco is cold and the off-airport rental lot looks as grey as the clouds. The bright red Ford Focus, pockmarked with scratches and door dings, provides the only blemish of color upon the dour landscape. I drop a few […]
San Francisco is cold and the off-airport rental lot looks as grey as the clouds. The bright red Ford Focus, pockmarked with scratches and door dings, provides the only blemish of color upon the dour landscape. I drop a few […]
In 1987, multi-instrumentalist Jeff Bird entered the Church of the Holy Trinity in downtown Toronto to lend accompaniment to a young band called Cowboy Junkies. The results of that day became The Trinity Session, one of the most acclaimed records […]
Already a success in Hawai’i when she decided to become a solo artist, Mailani’s self-titled debut album earned her the prestigious Female Vocalist Of the Year award in 2010, one of her three No Hoko Honohano awards to date. Her […]
Entering their fourth decade as a working band, Piranha Brothers are not going to suddenly sell a million records and headline SXSW in Austin. False starts and broken promises litter their career like any band that has tried to navigate […]
Cowboy Junkies – The Wilderness Latent Recordings On The Wilderness, Cowboy Junkies bring their four-album Nomad Series to a stunning end with one of their finest records to date. The band has always been at their best when the music […]
When R.E.M. called it quits, the band talked about walking away having maintained their artistic integrity throughout a 30-year career. As Cowboy Junkies pass the quarter century mark, the Toronto band must rest well at night. The band’s consistent work […]
Cowboy Junkies Demons Latent Recordings The Cowboy Junkies have been a consistently perplexing source of music for over two decades. From album to album, the music finds its breath in the shadows of rock, folk, blues, post-punk, alt-country, and […]
Cyndi Lauper August 21, 2010 House Of Blues, Las Vegas, NV The last time I really thought about Cyndi Lauper, it was 1984 and I was an 11 year old trying to understand the sexual metaphors lacing the ‘She Bop’ […]
Leaving Chicago on a Friday morning, I set out for a Saturday concert in Memphis, TN. As I approach Memphis, I keep the car running and head for the delta. Earlier this morning, I realized that a night in Clarksdale, […]
To many casual music fans, Cowboy Junkies emerged in 1987 with an ethereal cover of the Velvet Underground’s ‘Sweet Jane’ and then dissipated into a haze of dorm room memories. Over a twenty-five year recording career, the band has flown […]
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