Folk blokes Ray LaMontagne and Josh Ritter teamed up for a quick spin around the UK. The soul-baring pairing works well. Lamontagne’s woodsy and oft wounded introspection and Ritter’s literary-laden tenderness let each shine a different facet of the folk gemstone and keep a well-versed audience delighted.
The best thing to happen to the tracksuit since Juicy Couture finally became unpopular was the arrival of Datarock. The Norwegian act’s 2005 debut was the party album you didn’t know you needed and sure as hell didn’t think anyone else would love. Sure, it had hooks, but it was also a nerd’s wet dream. [...]
It’s a big week, kids. Jay Leno returns to late night, or more accurately, late evening. His new primetime show debuts this week and he’s lined up some big names. Even if you’re not a fan of his, you have to give him props for scoring Jay-Z with Rihanna and Kanye on Monday and Bruce Hornsby and [...]
Aaron Kelley kicks off our Beatles coverage with brute, ruthless honesty.
Just four nights after Jay-Z treated a handful of lucky fans to a free show at Chicago’s House of Blues, another hush hush, high profile, small venue show came to town. The first show of the Hennessy Artisty Series took place Saturday night at The Shrine, a small nightclub in Chicago’s South Loop.
More… as in Sheryl Crow, Jimmy Buffett, and the Fleet Foxes!
Just when you think it’s safe to switch off the radar, along comes a band that shatters any illusions that you really have heard it all before.
In support of new studio album, After the Ending.
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