Grey Gordon / Forget I Brought It Up
So who’s Grey Gordon? Well, he’s this cat who’s covered in tattoos and wears browline glasses. He’s vegan, straight-edge, digs fashion, and he seems...
Article Category: Music & Comedy
Indiana Jones & the Rio Piedras / Bury Me at Boneville
And here I thought cassettes were a dead medium, but that’s what vocalist/guitarist/ukulele player Keith Owen handed to me as the review copy of Bury...
James and the Drifters / All That Gold
To clarify, there is no one named James in James and the Drifters. It’s this group of five guys named Kyle, Brent, Andy, Andrew and Dan, all from Fort...
Staci Stork / Bad History
If you don’t know much about country music, you might think that it’s an inhospitable place for women. With all the talk of traditional values and machismo,...
Soft N’ Heavy
When you hear the slow, heavy riffs of rock legends drifting from the C2G Music Hall, or the soft, soulful vocals of “Summertime” being crooned from...
Streetlamps for Spotlights / Sound and Color
The first thing you notice as you listen to Streetlamps for Spotlights full-length debut, Sound and Color, is how much these guys love texture. Sometimes...
Beneath It All
I once attended a Beneath It All show where the energy was so palpable you could see it physically emanating from lead singer Derrick Jackson. It was...
Cougar Hunter
The music of the 1980s is remarkably distinctive and memorable. For those who loved it and those who derided it, it can never be forgotten. Its stature...
The Andrew Kratzat Singers / Greetings from the Andrew Kratzat Singers
There’s a very compelling story that goes along with this quietly stunning record.
But let’s first shine a light on the music which springs from the...
Hamilton Tescarollo
It may not always occur to students, busy managing their own academic demands along with family and job pressures, that those who teach them are often...