Reviews

Grammy Museum’s Americana series with Texas Legend, Robert Earl Keen

Grammy Museum’s Americana series with Texas Legend, Robert Earl Keen

Grammy Museum’s Americana series with Texas Legend, Robert Earl Keen By Jake Tully, Staff Writer Contributor, Chris Isom Photography – Adrienne Cohen Isom In celebration of their Americana series, LA’s own Grammy Museum hosted none […]

Pancho and Lefty have reunited, this time as Django and Jimmie

Pancho and Lefty have reunited, this time as Django and Jimmie

Pancho and Lefty have reunited, this time as Django and Jimmie By Michael Karman With their latest release, Pancho and Lefty have reunited, this time as Django and Jimmie.  Representing the best in Country music, […]

Little Richard: Directly From My Heart

Little Richard: Directly From My Heart

Little Richard: Directly From My Heart By Brian Rock Little Richard. One of the few towering greats of Rock and Roll. He influenced everyone from Paul McCartney to David Lee Roth to Michael Jackson. Even […]

The Grahams: Glory Bound

The Grahams: Glory Bound

The Grahams: Glory Bound By Brian Rock Husband and wife team, The Grahams, hit the tracks to record new tracks for their second release. Inspired by Woody Guthrie’s “Farmer Labor Train,” Alyssa and Doug Graham […]

Eilen Jewell’s Sundown Over Ghost Town

Eilen Jewell’s Sundown Over Ghost Town

Eilen Jewell’s Sundown Over Ghost Town By Brian Rock The “Queen of the Minor Key,” Eilen Jewell, returns for her fifth album, Sundown Over Ghost Town. As the title implies, it’s a sparse, introspective musical […]

Hope You’re Happy Now by Grant Langston

Hope You’re Happy Now by Grant Langston

By Gerry Gomez They say that breaking up is hard to do. Some might choose to drink away their sorrows, others would get mad at the world and lash out in emotional rage. Still others […]

Stagecoach Day 3

Stagecoach Day 3

By Jake Tully Stagecoach Day 3: The third day of any music festival weekend marks an intrepid conclusion of debauchery or tom-foolery. In the case of Stagecoach, this was personified by way of cougars on […]

TJ West: Phoebe Bridgers

TJ West: Phoebe Bridgers

TJ West: Phoebe Bridgers By Kim Grant As co-creator of the Americana music series in Los Angeles, The Grand Ole Echo, I’ve been lucky enough to meet and befriend hundreds of musicians over the past […]

The Whiskey Charmers

The Whiskey Charmers

The Whiskey Charmers By Brian Rock If Eilen Jewell met The Far West on Some Velvet Evening, I’m pretty sure the result would be The Whiskey Charmers.  The Whiskey Charmers cleverly titled debut, The Whiskey […]

Stagecoach Day 2

Stagecoach Day 2

By Jake Tully Stagecoach Day 2: Day two greeted its patrons with a dark and portentous sky looming over the Empire Polo Fields. A sea change from Friday’s Santa Ana wind- riddled atmosphere, the dark […]

Stagecoach Day 1

Stagecoach Day 1

By Jake Tully Stagecoach Day 1: Stagecoach, unlike Coachella, is specifically oriented for the older, rowdy, grits in their teeth, dust in their hair crowd. From the copious bales of hay for yer sittin’ plea-sure […]

Talkin Stagecoach with Jake Tully

Talkin Stagecoach with Jake Tully

Talkin Stagecoach with Jake Tully As festival season will soon commence with the coming of spring, warm weather and Bob Weir (seriously, the man seems ever-present) one can look to Coachella Valley’s own Stagecoach Festival, […]