HEAVY BLONDE: “YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GET THE SAME THING”
By Michael Lello What started out as a songwriting project grew into a recording project, and starting this Friday, a live band. Heavy Blonde, featuring former members of And The Moneynotes, will ma...
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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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TOGETHER PANGEA ON ALL-AGES SHOWS, CONDOMS, LOVE SONGS
By Nikki M. Mascali After spending the bulk of its existence celebrating its garage punk sound, together Pangea threw a curveball with its third album, “Badillac.” The album, released Jan. 21, still ...
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JIMMY HERRING’S LATEST PROJECT, THE RINGERS, SET FOR RIVER STREET JAZZ CAFE
By Michael Lello Listen to Jimmy Herring play just a few licks on his guitar, and you’ll know he’s one the best there is at what he does. Some pretty famous musicians agree with you on that. The ...
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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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TRACY MORGAN: “THERE’S COMEDY IN EVERYTHING”
By Michael Lello Above photo by Jason Riedmiller, below photo by Clay Patrick McBride Comedy lovers know him as Tracy Jordan, the bizarre, entourage-keeping actor on “30 Rock’s” fictional “Tracy Jord...
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ELIZABETH & THE CATAPULT TAKE THE MUSIC UNDERGROUND
By Michael Lello “I’ve been playing on a platform at Church Avenue and nobody,” Elizabeth Ziman sings at the opening of “Happy Pop,” making them the first words on “Like It Never Happened,” Elizabeth...
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ALEXIS P. SUTER’S “SINGING JOURNAL”
By Michael Lello Can the blues make you happy? It seems counterintuitive, but Alexis P. Suter seems downright sunshiny in a recent conversation with Highway 81 Revisited. The powerhouse vocalist wi...
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CAMPER VAN BEETHOVENRIDES MOMENTUM WITH RE-RELEASES
By Nikki M. Mascali After drifting down the California coast together in late December, Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven are now meandering their way down the East Coast. Both mini tours, the latter...
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A SOCIAL STATE GEARS UP FOR VINTAGE ANNIVERSARY
By Michael Lello A Social State frontman Ed Cuozzo feels that the band, which has been together since 2009, has recorded its best record yet, called “How To Get To Heaven.” “I’m so proud of it and I...
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