Los Lobos

Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan to be celebrated in Ace compilation featuring a myriad of stars

April 8, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan are to be celebrated by artists such as Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Randy Newman, Carole King and Gerry Goffin, Leonard Cohen, Lee Hazlewood, Brian Wilson and Laura Nyro as part of […]

The Song Remains: John Paul Hammond (1942 – 2026)

March 3, 2026 Martin Johnson 0

He expanded the blues genre for future generations of listeners and musicians. The world lost one of the last true champions of country blues on February 28th with the passing of John Paul Hammond, son of […]

Los Lobos-Fiesta Latina , The White House, Oct 2009

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It – Los Lobos

May 7, 2025 Paul Russell 0

Los Lobos burst onto the music scene in relatively modest ways in 1973 in East Los Angeles with vocalist and guitarist David Hidalgo and drummer Louie Perez having met at high school. Their success, though, took […]

Video Interview: Jim Keller talks about “Daylight”

July 23, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

From power pop to cult roots music songwriter via managing Philip Glass. You would struggle to script Jim Keller’s career if you were working on a piece of fiction and make it believable. He first tasted […]

Interview: Deer Tick’s John J. McCauley on making “Emotional Contracts”

July 25, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Parenthood may be a sign of middle age but Deer Tick’s enthusiasm for music still burns. Not every band can keep a career going for twenty years, and even fewer manage a career refresh while juggling […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers