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09.03.2008
XM Radio's "The Loft" has added 5 Brian Vander Ark tunes from his forthcoming new release "Brian Vander Ark" in it's first week! BVA's new release...
09.03.2008
09.01.08 Interview with: BRIAN VANDER ARK By Stacy Sardelli Editor in Chief Acoustic / Rock / Alternative "Brian Vander Ark was the literal...
09.03.2008
Brian Vander Ark - Angel, Put Your Face On - Brian Vander Ark’s album entitled Angel, Put Your Face On strums in with a firm country vibe. I...
09.03.2008
Giant Sand mastermind Howe Gelb is equal parts Jack Kerouac, Willie Nelson, and Raymond Chandler on his collective's latest album. The Tucson,...
09.03.2008
Howe Gelb recorded the latest Giant Sand album in Denmark with Danes on bass, drums and guitar. Europop this is not, however. In his flat...
09.02.2008
Hacienda will be touring with Dr. Dog this September and October, which is fitting because if you like Dr. Dog (or the Beatles, The Beach Boys or The...
09.02.2008
Southside Johnny Lyon has been fronting one of America's most consistently hard-rocking R&B show bands, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, for well...
09.02.2008
"Get Together Now Today" gets the album off to a good start. It is a rootsy sounding song with some heavy-duty groovaliciousness. A few things are...
09.02.2008
American rock 'n' roll has retreated to the depths of the underground. For the bands that continue the time-honored tradition of smooth talking...
09.02.2008
A new arrival on the soul scene, Eli "Paperboy" Reed is only 24. But he already knows how to sing ugly. "I was never thinking about capitalizing...
09.02.2008
Affairs of the heart have long been the domain of esteemed country singer and songwriter Rodney Crowell, and he hasn't abandoned that territory in...
09.02.2008
A Question from Matthew in Liverpool Hi John, I'm a big X fan and I love your solo work particularly, 'Meet John Doe'...a great album, I hope...
08.29.2008
Electronic reinvention of ambient innovators With perhaps a knowing nod to the fact that the collagist swirl and ambient space-blues of their...
08.28.2008
Fear not, Howe Gelb is back, and is once again picking up the reins of the Giant Sand moniker for his new LP proVISIONS. Gelb's last album, the...
08.28.2008
Loudon Wainwright's "Motel Blues" KCRW's Top Tune on Sept. 1! "Today's Top Tune" is a KCRW daily download featured for just 24 hours on kcrw.com...