Admittedly, Italian pop and rock movements have often been a pale counterpart of the international scene. One of the few exceptions, which is extraordinary enough that many people outside Italy know about it, is the progressive music scene. Italian bands…
Three years on from his last full-length record Alone, Together, Daniel Pearson has spent 2018 releasing a string of singles for download. ‘Pieces of a Puzzle’ and ‘Honest Man’ have proved internet hits with over a million streams, and Pearson…
After decades of sitting out from the spotlight, revered singer-songwriter Eric Andersen shares his first music video. At a spry 75 years of age, Andersen has a world-worn depth in his stride that many folk artists could only hope to…
The beard is gone. The hair, hidden below a trucker’s cap bearing the name of his new record, is an unfamiliar bleach blond. And the acoustic guitar is still in the back of the tour bus. At first glance, you…
Dr. Dog is on a mission. Twice during the course of the night they tell their fans to “take care of each other.” That notion of caring is at the heart of who they are, as well as their music.…
Usually, when a band bills themselves as a mixture of genres, the tighter those individual sonic influences can be interwoven, the better their swipe at innovation comes across. More typically than not, this means a closer-knit collective of, say, two…