NOMO Acid for You!

Afro-Cuban music is a genre you can’t really fake. Something that’s so rooted in tradition and culturally inspired demands a little artistic respect when making it your own.  NOMO more than adheres to my strict music laws and rules, to the point where they can take the music to a new level by adding their [...]

Changing Seasons, Constant Sorrow and Joy

We're springing forward this weekend, bringing us even closer to the summer concert season, but a new release from bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley can you to sunny lawns right away. A Jeff Beck show for only $4 and a playlist of one-hit wonders are also sure to make you smile.

Come Find the Tallest Man On Earth

If you are looking for the real deal, look no further. Here you’ll find one of richest, most provocative voices in recent years. With one listen, The Tallest Man on Earth (Sweden’s Kristian Matsson) will reach down deep inside you and latch on so tightly that you won’t be able to break free; not that [...]

Beasts Born of Bowie, Byrne and Buckley

Sure you could easily throw The Cure in there as another obvious influence, but that would alter my alliteration. Wild Beasts are the genuine article. Maybe the best young band out there right now. do us all a solid and support this band before they’re lost to the Swift tides of the music business. Though [...]

Such a Perfect Day

I have a habit of using index cards as bookmarks. Being small and cheap, they fit comfortably into any book you may be reading and they are quite replaceable as well.  But the real reason I started using them is Zooey Glass’ description of his two eldest brothers’ cardboard shirt holders, on which they had [...]

Keegan DeWitt on Daytrotter

If you haven’t spent any time over at our partner site, Daytrotter, I highly recommend killing a couple of hours wandering through the sessions.  Some of my favorites include The National, Brett Dennen and Andrew Bird but it is hard to go wrong.  Just some incredible music with a flavor that really is unique [...]

Lifes Rich Pageant*

I hope this doesn’t come across as self-congratulatory just because I have the pleasure to work for Wolfgang’s Vault and Daytrotter, but after seeing a recent tweet stating that 70 new releases had just hit the site, I had one of those moments where I thought: “I am so happy to be living in exactly [...]
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