Ivan Grech in a solo concert at Pjazza Teatru Rjal on 19 August
Thursday, 14 July 2016, 11:17
Last update: about 10 years ago
Ivan Grech, frontman of Winter Moods has launched his first solo concert, which will take place at Pjazza Teatru Rjal, Valletta on Friday 19 August. Tickets are available for sale online through...
Tribute to Dennis Brown hails peerless reggae singer
Wednesday, 13 July 2016, 16:48
Last update: about 10 years ago
"We Remember Dennis Brown" is a much-deserved tribute to one of reggae's top crooners, a vocal marvel whose music was widely acclaimed in Jamaica and Britain and merits even broader attention...
Allen Toussaint's 'American Tunes' is elegant adieu
Tuesday, 12 July 2016, 16:44
Last update: about 10 years ago
Allen Toussaint finished recording "American Tunes" just weeks before his death in November, an elegant and fitting adieu from the New Orleans master. Solo piano versions of tunes from the...
Band of Horses takes it easy on 'Why Are You OK'
Friday, 8 July 2016, 16:04
Last update: about 10 years ago
Band of Horses takes it easy on "Why Are You OK," wordy songs rooted in domestic situations that pleasantly glide but rarely soar. Producer Jason Lytle from Grandaddy gives Ben Bridwell's tunes a...
Ex-Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos serves up covers disc
Thursday, 7 July 2016, 16:03
Last update: about 10 years ago
Bun E. Carlos' drumming introduced some of Cheap Trick's biggest hits; his sticks were the first sound audiences heard on "I Want You to Want Me" and "Ain't That a Shame," among others. Now six years...
Neil Young goes green on hybrid 'Earth'
Wednesday, 6 July 2016, 16:02
Last update: about 10 years ago
Longtime environmentalist Neil Young takes a hybrid approach on "Earth," a double disc compilation of live tracks loosely related to sharing our planet with the animal kingdom. The sounds of...
Sarah Jarosz has an elegantly understated new album
Tuesday, 5 July 2016, 15:59
Last update: about 10 years ago
On her fourth solo album "Undercurrent," Sarah Jarosz doubles down on understated elegance. Not that anything she's ever done could be described as rowdy. But in her first release since...
Shape-shifting singer evokes big-time comparisons
Monday, 4 July 2016, 15:55
Last update: about 10 years ago
Anthony D'Amato's work has been compared to Bruce Springsteen, Simon & Garfunkel and early Bob Dylan, and while those are lofty invocations - and there's really only one early Dylan - the...