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 […]
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 […]
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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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 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, […]
Ray Wylie Hubbard’s The Ruffian’s Misfortune By Brian Rock Ray Wylie Hubbard went down to the crossroads. I can’t say for certain if he had a “Conversation with the Devil.” But I can assure […]
Ryan Bingham’s Fear and Saturday Night By Mark Whitfield Lennon Ryan Bingham releases his latest record, Fear and Saturday Night, as the follow up to Tomorrowland, his 2012 “garage rock” solo departure from his band The Dead Horses […]
Ron Sexsmit Carousel One By Jake Tully The oft-woebegone songsmith Ron Sexsmith appears to have some newfound jubilation on his latest record, Carousel One. While the past string of Sexsmith’s albums may have showcased disenchantment […]
Let The Good Times Roll By Brian Rock Let The Good Times Roll, is the title of JD McPherson’s sophomore album. And that’s exactly what this album does. From the first “Summertime Blues” inspired drum […]
