Lyrically, he's been compared to Leonard Cohen and Bruce Springsteen. But as a songwriter, tracing 26-year-old Josh Ritter's perceived lineage is slightly more [...]

Early one November morning in Seattle 11 years ago, Mia Zapata, lead singer of then up-and-coming alt.rock band The Gits (who played Albuquerque's [...]

They either missed the window or preceded it by a few years, but either way, the first outing by Finland's Hanoi Rocks in [...]

Saturday, April 10; Launchpad (21 and over, 5 p.m.): It's an annual event that's become as revered as Christmas: Beto's Birthday Bash. Beto's [...]

Wednesday, April 14; Brewster's Pub (21 and over, 9 p.m.): It's no secret that my some of my formative years were spent listening [...]

Another March has passed, and with it another installment of the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, where several of us [...]

Chris Smither always manages to sound real on his records. Like he's living the songs he sings every day. In a sense, that's [...]

The Foxx guitarist/vocalist Juliet Legend has found her niche. After several recordings and tours with the Rondelles, she's proceeded to co-front a band [...]

The Eyeliners are back on the radar this week, and are pleased to announce plans for a new record in the near future. [...]

There's really nothing surprising about Roswell Rudd's latest musical endeavor. To be sure, a duo consisting of trombone and fingerpicked acoustic guitar is [...]