By: Emily J Ramey
A year ago, Vampire Weekend was a vague entity, one of those outskirts kind of bands… to me, anyway. Then, without any perceptible motivation, they sprung into my consciousness as if they had always been there. All of a sudden, Vampire Weekend was everywhere –...
By: Emily J Ramey
Those of us immersed in the music world knew Norah Jones from her debut album Come Away With Me, which blew up after it claimed no less than five Grammy awards back in 2002, and despite the release (and commercial success) of two subsequent albums, we still think of her with that...
By: Andrew Vaughan
Chet Atkins is a tough act to follow or indeed pay tribute to. I once asked Chet to comment on Dire Straits' guitar hero Mark Knopfler’s comment that Chet was the best guitarist in the world. "Sounds about right," he grinned. Steve Wariner, along with Vince Gill, the nicest and most...
By: Emily J Ramey
To be honest, I did a figurative double-take when I put on Hello Hurricane for the first time. Isn’t Switchfoot the alt-rock outfit that gave us such rapid classics as “Dare You to Move” and “Meant to Live?” The answer is of course, yes,...
By: Emily J Ramey
Gov’t Mule has always been a shoo-in for critical acclaim and had an easy genre transition that made for a built-in fan base, what with it being Warren Haynes’ official side project and all. That’s certainly not to say that the band hasn’t worked hard and isn’t...
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