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Neon Hitch, photo by Zawadi Abwao
Neon Hitch, photo by Zawadi Abwao
Neon Hitch, photo by Zawadi Abwao

Thanks to some highly successfully YouTube videos, pop singer Neon Hitch has become an Internet sensation. The Brit singer has embarked on her self-funded Yard Sale Tour to promote Eleutheromaniac, the debut album that she’ll s...

 
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Mike Doughty credit Deborah Lopez
Mike Doughty credit Deborah Lopez
Mike Doughty credit Deborah Lopez

Singer-songwriter Mike Doughty is bringing his “world-renowned, award-winning Question Jar Show” to a city near you. The former Soul Coughing front man is touring with sidekick Andrew “Scrap” Livingston on cello. The two ...

 
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Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
 

Melissa Etheridge: It’s personal

 
November 10, 2014



Singer-guitarist Melissa Etheridge released a debut self-titled album that yielded the Grammy-nominated single “Bring Me Some Water” in 1988. Now, some 25 years later, This is M.E., returns to the heartland rock sound of that f...

 
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Gary Calamar
Gary Calamar
Gary Calamar

Singer-songwriter Gary Calamar started out working at record stores in the ‘80s. He somehow weaseled his way into a DJ gig at KCRW, the hugely influential NPR station based out of Santa Monica. He’s worked as music supervisor f...

 
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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 ...