When Ruby Boots stepped to the front of the stage and her band stepped back so she could sing “I Am A Woman” a capella, the crowd at Great Scott [ … ]
Category: Music Features
Singled Out: Southern Pine “Way Back Home”
Who: Southern Pine From: Asheville, NC Song: “Way Back Home” Latest Record: Debut EP out in December What About It: “It’s easy to be seduced by nostalgia; To long [ … ]
Phil Cook at The Sinclair Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Phil Cook, man. I’m shaking my head trying to capture how that show felt last night. Here’s the thing. At one point in the show, Phil talked about how much [ … ]
Fresh Track: Leland Sundries “If You’re Gonna Drive, I’m Gonna Drink”
There is a sort of “this music isn’t traditional to this area, but damn some good stuff is coming from it” vibe to the Northeast. Bluegrass, roots and country aromas [ … ]
An Interview with Phil Cook: All for one. One for all.
The most joyful night of music I have ever experienced was Phil Cook and the Guitarheels at their Newport aftershow in 2016. People Are My Drug, Phil’s latest record, came [ … ]
An Interview with The Brother Brothers: Creating Community
It doesn’t take long listening to The Brother Brothers to realize that they’re doing something special. David Crosby just tweeted the other night that he heard them opening for I’m [ … ]
An Interview with Matthew Logan Vasquez (Glorietta): Ebb and Flow
There were so many great sets at Newport last summer. So many. So it’s stupid and inadvisable to say that there was a “best” set. All that being said, if [ … ]
Brilliance Incarnate: Andrew Marlin “Buried in a Cape”
Speaking volumes without actually speaking a word is a difficult venture to tackle. Compound that with the fact that such a record is coming from one of the strongest songwriting [ … ]
Singled Out: The Deep Hollow ‘Freedom Street’
Who: The Deep Hollow From: Springfield, Illinois Song: “Freedom Street” Latest record: Weary Traveler (out on November 9th) What about it: Micah Walk: “Freedom Street is about homelessness. It’s one of [ … ]
Show You Should Know: Ruby Boots at Great Scott, October 17
Great Scott is going to be grooving next Wednesday night. It’s no secret that headliner Low Cut Connie will bring everything they’ve got, but you would be silly to miss [ … ]