Michaela Anne may be from Brooklyn but she’s found a home in Nashville and with strong, confident releases such as the upcoming “Desert Dove” …
More than 30 years ago, Janet Jackson took “Control” and went to the top of the Billboard charts, spinning vinyl into gold — and eventually pl…
Does the world really need another “best-of” compilation from the Rolling Stones?
Bono and the boys may have expressed disappointment with sales when “No Line On The Horizon” launched in 2009 — the album would debut at No. 1…
Who knew how disappointed Richard Carpenter was even as he and sister Karen were building a musical legacy?
Eels has yet again created a masterpiece with its 12th studio album, “The Deconstruction.”
A brilliant marketing campaign may have built too much hype around Lo Moon, a new indie rock band from Los Angeles.
Matthew Chapters 5, 6 and 7 — the Sermon on the Mount — a collection of some of Jesus’s most well-known teachings — is being given a fresh per…
BOONE — Rock ‘n’ roll isn’t dead, but it is scarce.
Mutemath released its first, self-titled studio album in 2006, but it took until 2016 for the band to gain true national recognition, thanks t…
Coldplay released its new EP, “Kaleidoscope,” on July 14, as a companion piece to its 2015 album, “A Head Full of Dreams,” which to say the le…
They say you have your whole life to write your first album, but for the members of Cane Mill Road that hasn’t been too long of a time.
It took four years and 10 days for Portugal. The Man to release a follow up to its acclaimed “Evil Friends” album, so fans were expecting perfection.
Music lovers often make the mistake of considering the Boone area as bluegrass — and bluegrass only — country. The truth is that the High Coun…
People often associate jam bands with four-hour set lists and overly long guitar solos, but a local band proves on its sophomore album that ja…
Psychedelic rock isn’t dead — and thanks to Temples, it might even be cool again.
After the release of 2011’s “The King of Limbs,” Radiohead dropped a new album on the unexpecting public, which could be a strong contender fo…
Historically, the High Country music scene has been marked by a wealth of talented singers and instrumentalists, especially in the genres of b…
For the past quarter century, the music genre known as “alt-country” has evolved in many different directions. The “alt” in alt-country means …
Malcolm Holcombe is a western North Carolina treasure. His guitar playing is crisp and original. His gritty and raspy vocals belie a nice abil…
There’s something thrilling about falling in love with a band on the verge of superstardom. You feel like you’re part of an exclusive club tha…
‘The Revenant:’ A classic tale of survival
A haunting farewell:
Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Ties That Bind: The River Collection” box set
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David Rawlings and musical partner Gillian Welch have been the darling duo of the Americana scene for more than two decades. Despite an adorin…
Some ideas are successful from the moment of conception. Prolific singer/songwriter Ryan Adams rerecording Taylor Swift’s crossover pop album …
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