Bumper Crop: New Music Enjoys a Resounding Return
Jazz Fest is back in full swing, exciting new venues are opening and groups are planning out full seasons for the first time in nearly three years.
Heavy On the Everything: A Review of Colin Peterik’s “Everything and Nothing”
The album’s first single, “Michiana,” is such an uncanny evocation of a seventies soul anthem, you might suspect it of being a Smokey Robinson cover.
Twenty-Seven Crossroads: Ivy Ford Speeds Toward the Future of the Blues
They call her “The Blues Kitten” but she roars like a lion and plays guitar like an octopus
Market Days, Had Me A Blast: How Olivia Newton-John Helped Me Go After What I Want
Maybe she deserved a better venue, but her presence, singing these anthems of queer tears and dance floors in her sweet Australian twang, was a precious gift.
Psycho-Bauble: Andrew Bird Surveys His Interior Landscape
Bird’s trip through his knotty, twisting psyche is often very witty, even laugh-out loud funny, and can unexpectedly deposit you in a place of genuine joy.
Music Top 5: August 2022
The hottest shows in town during the most sizzling month of summer.
Suite Dreams: A Preview of Tedeschi Trucks Band at RiverEdge Park
Each of the four albums comprising “I Am the Moon”—released sequentially over the course of the summer—has its own distinctive character.
Blue On Blue : An Ode to Pat Dailey, the Barroom Troubadour of the Great Lakes
Dailey was celebrated around the Great Lakes region for his comedy music performances that took place during the summertime.
The Perfect Cure: Your Recommended Dosage of Cheekface
Cheekface will provide the perfect cure, or at least alleviate the symptoms of today’s human frailty.
Music Top 5: July 2022
These unmissable events are heating up an already sizzling summer.
