TRACY BONHAM FINDS POWER AND BEAUTY IN RENEWAL
"I feel like everyone needs a redo," says Tracy Bonham. The eclectic, classically trained musician known for her 1996 alternative rock hit "Mother Mother," is responding to a question about "Jumpin...
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KULA SHAKER: ‘WE FELT LIKE WE WERE THE SPIRITUAL DISRUPTORS’
Kula Shaker, the psychedelic, mystical band to emerge out of the UK in the mid-1990s, was a counterbalance to the stadium-ready anthems that were dominating Britain at the time. It's taken nearly 30 y...
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‘ILEANA’S SMILE,’ A FILM THAT FINDS LIGHT IN A LANDFILL, RAISES FUNDS FOR SCHOOL IN NICARAGUA
"Ileana's Smile," the true story of a community living in a garbage dump in Nicaragua, is certainly not light summer fare. But the documentary, framed around the life of a little girl named Ileana, do...
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SUNFLOWER BEAN STARES DOWN MORTALITY ON FOURTH ALBUM: ‘THIS COULD END’
Since the release of their third album "Headful of Sugar," the three members of Sunflower Bean went through changes in their lives that could have brought the band to an end. Frontwoman and bassist Ju...
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LITTLE FEAT, NEARLY 60 YEARS ON, STILL ‘STRIKES’ A CHORD
That Little Feat has made a 17th album is more than a minor miracle. That the release from the nearly 60-year operation is brimming with vitality and gaining notice from the persnickety critics at the...
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DAISY THE GREAT: ‘THE BAND IS LIKE ITS OWN PERSON’
Daisy the Great, the Brooklyn vocal duo comprising Kelley Dugan and Mina Walker who emerged from NYU with 2017’s “The Record Player Song” and its subsequent AJR remix, is, as expected, influenced by m...
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FOR LaMP, IT’S A GROOVE THING
As members of the Trey Anastasio Band and Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Russ Lawton, Ray Paczkowski and Scott Metzger are used to the creature comforts of the road, like tour buses and crew members to set ...
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LAUREN MAYBERRY FINDS THE PROOF OF CONCEPT IN HER FIRST SOLO ALBUM
Having fronted the Scottish synth-pop band CHVRCHES for nearly 15 years, Lauren Mayberry has performed for millions of fans from Glastonbury to Coachella, at stadium shows supporting Coldplay and head...
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MOE.’S VINNIE AMICO ON EMBRACING CLASSIC ROCK, MAINTAINING SUCCESS AND ‘PHANTOM CHUCK’
The upstate New York jam band moe. has been spreading joy to its legions of fans for 35 years. However, the events of the past few years have threatened to extinguish that joy. Bassist and singer Rob ...
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LIFE AFTER OLD CROW FOR WILLIE WATSON
For nearly 15 years, Willie Watson has been a former member of Old Crow Medicine Show, the popular Americana band. But it wasn't until this September that he truly became a solo artist, releasing ...
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