"Woody Guthrie at 100!: Live at the Kennedy Center" is a spectacular tribute to an American visionary whose messages remain strong and necessary.
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Music Review: Slim Loris – “Future Echoes and Past Replays”
With a sound very similar to Mumford & Sons, Arcade Fire, and The Avett Brothers, among others, the band's new album is definitely worth a good listen.
Read More »Music Review: Townes Van Zandt – “High, Low and In Between” and “The Late Great Townes Van Zandt” [Remastered]
These two albums from the early '70s were among the artistic high points of the songwriter's broken, even tragic career.
Read More »Music Review: Fleetwood Mac – “Extended Play” EP
Fleetwood Mac offers up their first new batch of songs in 10 years. Will fans of the '70s/Buckingham-Nicks era be pleased with it?
Read More »The Dave Matthews Band 2013 Summer Tour Is in Full Swing
A new live bootleg, a new tour, and supporting a worthy charity is what's news in the world of Dave Matthews.
Read More »Music Review: Townes Van Zandt – High, Low and In Between and The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
His fellow musicians have always known what a gift Van Zandt was to the world of popular music, but it's about time for the rest of the world to catch up.
Read More »Music Review: Indie Round-Up – Paper Bird, Bethesda, Jerry Castle
Paper Bird's unusual sound mixes Afro-pop, Andrews Sisters harmonies, unexpected rhythms, and psychedelia.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Owsley and Me: My LSD Family’ by Rhoney Gissen Stanley with Tom Davis
A flashback to when Bear Stanley mixed the best acid ever while he pioneered the best stage sound of the psychedelic era.
Read More »Charlie Doherty’s Favorite 209 Songs from 2000-2009 – Part II: 2005-2009
Part II of the mother of all lists, an insane gathering of my personal 209 favorite tunes of the 2000's.
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