Whispering Pines: Whispering Pines After turning heads with their debut album, Family Tree in 2009, the 5-piece, Los Angeles based Whispering Pines combine a throwback sound with a modern feel that is enhanced 100 proof […]
Review: Cory Branan Live at The Mint, July 7 2012 By Natalie Rahhal, Staff Writer Cory Branan is a difficult man to contextualize. He’s a hard-cussing, whiskey-drinking rocker; he’s a self-deprecating, reluctant star; he doesn’t […]
MIKE + RUTHY: THE NYC EP By Ben Reddell, Staff Writer This month marked the 100th birthday of Woody Guthrie, the patriarch of Folk […]
Rod Melancon: My Family Name Born and raised in Wright, Louisiana, Cajun blooded Rod Melancon has come onto the LA scene with a debut album that equally captures his troubled life as it does his […]
Sonny & The Sunsets – “Pretend You Love Me” by Polyvinyl Records Sonny & The Sunsets: Longtime Companion By Gerry Gomez, Staff Writer So with the beginning of Summer, Los Angeles is again basking in […]
Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants, The Far West & The Broken Numbers Band at the Satellite 6/20 By Gerry Gomez, Staff Writer Among those enjoying a rousing, high energy honky-tonk set by Foo Fighter […]
Justin Townes Earle: Live at the El Rey 6/28/12 By Natalie Rahhal, Staff Writer “This is the first song I ever wrote at somebody,” Justin Townes Earle confesses into the mic. But he doesn’t say […]
“Nancy Lee” by Vintage Trouble Vintage Trouble: The Bomb Shelter Sessions By Gerry Gomez, Staff Writer “Lord have mercy on my soul!” sings Ty Taylor, lead singer of Vintage Trouble on their much buzzed about […]
“Love the Size of California” by Christopher Lockett Christopher Lockett: Road Songs For The Restless By Gerry Gomez, Staff Writer Christopher Lockett is a Los Angeles based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose sound lives somewhere between […]
The White Buffalo Roams Home Concert Review: The White Buffalo at the Troubadour By Gerry Gomez, Staff Writer Photography By Nelson Blanton When Jake Smith took the stage with his band The White Buffalo on […]
David Olney: The Stone By Gerry Gomez, Staff Writer The Stone, by literary songwriter, David Olney, is his attempt to tell the story of Easter from varying points of view. It poses some questions as […]
Kathleen Edwards: Voyageur By Gerry Gomez Staff Writer The best roots songs are so good because of the great stories that drive them. Kathleen Edwards has been writing such songs for years and has been […]
