Listening to … Chase Rice, ‘Ready Set Roll’
Chase Rice performs on stage the House of Blues on Saturday November 30, 2013 in Los Angeles, Calif. © AP/Invision photo by Paul A. Hebert. Reading Chase Rice‘s biography after a few listens to his...
View ArticleListening to … Maggie Rose, ‘Cut to Impress’
Maggie Rose arrives at the CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. © Invision/AP photo by Wade Payne. If you have not been listening to Maggie Rose, it...
View ArticleListening to … Morrissey, ‘World Peace is None of Your Business’
British rock singer Morrissey, the former front man of The Smiths, sings during his concert in Manila, Philippines on May 13, 2012. © AP Photo by Aaron Favila. Twenty-seven years ago, Morrissey sang,...
View ArticleListening to … Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, ‘Cheek to Cheek’
Lady Gaga, right, and Tony Bennett arrive for a media event at the Brussels’ city hall on Monday Sept. 22 , 2014. © AP photo by Geert Vanden Wijngaert. In 1989, the soundtrack to a little movie called...
View ArticleListening to … Angaleena Presley, ‘American Middle Class’
Angaleena Presley performs during the first day of two-day Red, White and Boom country music festival at Whitaker Bank Ballpark. Lexington, Saturday, July 5th, 2014. © Herald-Leader staff photo by...
View ArticleListening to … Bryan Ferry and ‘Mockingjay’ soundtrack
Bryan Ferry performs at the 2014 Coachella Music and Arts Festival on Friday, April 11, 2014, in Indio, Calif. © AP photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision. A few weeks ago, I was listening Bryan Ferry‘s Bête...
View ArticleListening too … Sleater-Kinney, ‘No Cities to Love’
Sleater-Kinney still are Janet Weiss, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker. Photo by Brigette Sire. The question posed by Sleater-Kinney‘s first new album in nearly a decade is, can you still be a group...
View ArticleListening to … The Lone Bellow, ‘Then Came the Morning’
Brian Elmquist, Zach Williams, and Kanene Pipkin are The Lone Bellow, whose new album, “Then Came the Morning,” was released Jan. 27, 2015. The trio will open for Eric Church at Rupp Arena May 7. Photo...
View ArticleListening to … Ben Sollee, ‘Steeples, Part One’
Ben Sollee and his cello. BenSollee.com. Minimalism is becoming all the rage these days: downsizing, simplifying your living space; tiny houses; basic cars; bare-bones wardrobes. We can look at the...
View ArticleListening too … Houndmouth, ‘Little Neon Limelight’
Houndmouth are drummer Shane Cody, bassist Zak Appleby, keyboardist Katie Toupin and guitarist Matt Myers. Photo by Dusdin Condren. “Go and take the millions, and the Derby hats, and stick ‘em up your...
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