CARRABBA FOLLOWS “FORK” IN THE ROAD WITH NEW BAND
By Michael Lello A folk/Americana project might be the last thing fans expected from emo hero Chris Carrabba, the frontman of Dashboard Confessional and Further Seems Forever. But the hints were the...
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“IN THE POCKET” HONORS PHILADELPHIA ROCK TRADITION
By Michael Lello When Philadelphia is discussed – especially Philadelphia sports – the word “passion” is often thrown around quite freely. So it is not surprising to hear the passion in David Uosikk...
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BLUESY MATT ANDERSEN BRINGS TOUR TO TIN ANGEL
Touring in support of his new album “Weightless” (which you can stream at American Songwriter), Canadian singer/songwriter/guitarist Matt Andersen will perform at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia on Th...
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OF MONTREAL AT LE POISSON ROUGE
DSC_0398 Photos by Tom Roarty NEW YORK -- of Montreal played a sold-out show at the intimate Le Poisson Rouge -- 700-person capacity -- in...
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JON ANDERSON: “MUSIC IS AN ADVENTURE”
Michael Lello Photo by Deborah Anderson You might say Jon Anderson had us at hello. That’s all he needed to say when he answered his phone for an interview, and we knew we had dialed the right numb...
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SARAH JAROSZ: “I SORT OF PINCH MYSELF”
By Michael Lello With Grammy nominations, critical acclaim (“one of acoustic music’s finest talents,” says the New York Times) and collaborations with some of Americana’s biggest names, Sarah Jarosz ...
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JONATHAN WILSON’S SURREAL CALIFORNIA TRIP
By Michael Lello Some artists’ music is inextricably connected to a location. The Beatles and Liverpool. Bruce Springsteen and New Jersey. Willie Nelson and Texas. Jonathan Wilson’s sound has bee...
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WILD FEATHERS: “THERE ARE NO BANJOS IN THIS BAND”
By Joe Student For a band that’s only been together a few years, the Wild Feathers’ sound has been around for decades. “We all grew up listening to Fleetwood Mac, The Band and other groups like that...
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YUCK’S MAX BLOOM: ‘WE’VE NEVER SOUNDED SO GOOD’
By Michael Lello The second album comes with its own inherent pressures. When you are coming off a critically buzzed-about debut record and the departure of your frontman, you’re dealing with even m...
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THE BEAT STILL BUILDING UPON TWO-TONE LEGACY
By Michael Lello At the forefront of Britain’s two-tone ska movement alongside bands like The Specials and Madness, The Beat – or The English Beat, as they are known in the U.S. due to a San Francisc...
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