RACHEL BOBBITT EXAMINES THE EXTREMES OF LIFE
Rachel Bobbitt, the emerging Canadian singer-songwriter, could be seen as a study in contradictions. She gained a following as a teenager by performing other people's music on Vine, the since-shuttere...
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BLKBOK REWRITES THE BOOK ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CLASSICAL MUSICIAN
BLKBOK's musical talents and creative energy have taken him across the world with household-name superstars like Rihanna and Justin Timberlake. He's even played with someone in outer space. And now he...
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AUSTRALIA’S THE JUNGLE GIANTS ARE BACK IN THE US, AND THEY’RE ‘FREAKING OUT’
Australia's The Jungle Giants have finally made it to the United States on their tour in support of "Love Signs," their fourth full-length album. "It’s been way too long so we are freaking out," en...
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BETH ORTON: ‘WHAT WOULD I DO IF NO ONE WAS GOING TO HEAR THIS?’
The critics at the New York Times, Pitchfork and beyond have placed Beth Orton's new album "Weather Alive," her eighth, in the same company as her beloved (and top-selling) late-'90s/early-2000s mater...
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ECHOSMITH BRINGS HANG AROUND TOUR TO GRAMERCY THEATER
Photos by Bobby Nicholas California indie pop band Echosmith brought its Hang Around tour to Gramercy Theater on Oct. 17. Best known for the 2013 hit "Cool Kids," the group, which features siblings...
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ZERO REVISITS KNOTTY HISTORY WITH LIVE ALBUM & EAST COAST DATES
If you put on the cleverly titled new live album from Zero, "Naught Again," you'll be transported back to the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, almost 30 years ago to the week. You'll hear a...
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DAN KLUG FINDS THE FUNDAMENTAL SOUND OF THE DEAD WITH LO-FI COVERS ALBUM
For Dan Klug's project The Fundamental Sound, it's all about simplicity. On his newly released album, "Lofi Grateful Dead," he played just drums, bass and a Wurlitzer electric piano and kept the produ...
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LOSTBOYCROW BRINGS ‘INDIE POP’ TO GRAMERCY FOR SHOW WITH ECHOSMITH
Touring in anticipation of his Dec. 9 album "Indie Pop," Lostboycrow performed at the Gramercy Theatre on Monday, supporting the platinum-selling California band Echosmith. Lostboycrow (Chris Blair...
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JAMEY JOHSON, MARGO PRICE, WOOD BROTHERS and MORE AT WHITE ROSE MUSIC FEST
Photos by Jim Gavenus Americana standouts Jamey Johnson, The Wood Brothers, Margo Price, Langhorne Slim, Grace Potter and more performed at the White Rose Music Festival in York, Pa., during the f...
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FOR GHOST LIGHT, THE SPIRIT IS IN THE SONGS
Ghost Light is part of a circuit of bands known for prioritizing the live show, where albums offer a simplified template for songs that take on expanded life on the stage. But Ghost Light, who check m...
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