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The Pretty Reckless by Justin Campbell
The Pretty Reckless by Justin Campbell
The Pretty Reckless by Justin Campbell

The Pretty Reckless formed in 2009 and a year later released its full-length debut, Light Me Up, an album that yielded hits such as “Make Me Wanna Die.” Earlier this year, the band, which has toured with Evanescence, Marilyn Ma...

 
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Sloan photo by Lisa Mark
Sloan photo by Lisa Mark
Sloan photo by Lisa Mark
 

Sloan: The power of four

 
November 2, 2014



The Toronto-based indie rock group Sloan is a true democracy. All four members — Jay Ferguson, Chris Murphy, Patrick Pentland and Andrew Scott —write songs for each album. The band’s latest release, Commonwealth, is a double al...

 
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Dirty RIver Boys credit Todd White
Dirty RIver Boys credit Todd White
Dirty RIver Boys credit Todd White
 

Dirty River Boys: Unique border music

 
October 30, 2014



Promoting their new self-titled album, the Dirty River Boys have put in some 200,000 miles of cross-country touring. The band —Marco Gutierrez, Colton James, Travis Stearns and Nino Cooper —cites both the Rolling Stones and Han...

 
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Granger Smith
Granger Smith
Granger Smith
 

Granger Smith: He’s no city boy

 
October 29, 2014



Currently traipsing across the country on his Yee Yee Nation 2014 tour, country singer Granger Smith has put up some impressive numbers over the span of a relatively short career. He’s amassed 25 million unique YouTube views, p...

 
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Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew

Producer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and guitarist Adrian Belew has done it all. For 33 years, he was the frontman, singer and guitarist in the prog rock group King Crimson. He’s released 20 solo albums and worke...

 
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Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
 

Ozzy Osbourne: The “madman” muses

 
October 27, 2014



At 65 (soon to be 66), singer Ozzy Osbourne shows no signs of slowing down. He’s just issued Memoirs of a Madman, a collection of classic music videos, unreleased and out-of-print live performances and interviews from his solo ...

 
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The Jayhawks
The Jayhawks
The Jayhawks

In the ‘80s, Minneapolis was home to plenty of great bands like the Replacements, Hüsker Dü, Prince and Soul Asylum. Although the Jayhawks first emerged from that scene, the group played a different style of music with tunes st...

 
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Frankie Ballard
Frankie Ballard
Frankie Ballard

Country singer-songwriter Frankie Ballard has just embarked on his first headlining run, dubbed the Light ’Em Up Tour. Expect to hear hits like the anthem “Helluva Life” and his latest single “Sunshine & Whiskey,” the title...

 
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Chris Allen
Chris Allen
Chris Allen

For years, singer-songwriter Chris Allen led Rosavelt, a Cleveland, Ohio-based band that drew equally from Uncle Tupelo and from Tom Petty. The group split up in 2004 after a good long run (it would eventually reunite a few yea...

 
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Bassnectar
Bassnectar
Bassnectar
 

Bassnectar: Immersed in positivity

 
October 8, 2014



A former metalhead who embraced electronic music after attending a rave in San Francisco in the ‘90s, Bassnectar (Lorin Ashton) is one of the biggest acts in the world of electronic dance music. Notorious for his live show, whi...