The early press about Eoin Harrington’s debut disc, Story, hawks this young talent as a consummate storyteller. Though Harrington can write a great song and deliver it with skilled pop vocals, his work really doesn’t demonstrate storytelling exactly, at least no more than any other popular songwriter.

Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV took the stage name Black Francis when he was the frontman for alt-rock band The Pixies. When the band broke up in 1993, he did a solo career as Frank Black,

Discovered by producer John Hammond, Sr. (who brought the world Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Aretha Franklin, and Bruce Springsteen), Art “Ski” Halperin recorded a ten-song disc for Hammond’s CBS Records label, the first artist to do so.

kBRANDOW, a new emerging San Francisco sound, has been around for a few years, but has been constantly evolving, trying to find its identity. The brainchild of Damion Gallegos, it is bending and blending a variety of genres and currently reflects the wide range of influences from its newest members.

Laura Cheadle’s newest release, Live On, released this spring, showcases a bright new female talent. Though she is accomplished on acoustic guitar, it is her voice that really sells this album.

A couple of months back, I did a feature for Bier Magazine on the Atlanta-based rock band Outformation, touting Travelers Rest, what was their latest recording.

Once in a while I am awestruck by a story and Emmanuel Jal’s is the stuff of legends. It begins in Sudan, a land of extremes—deserts, swamps, rain forests. The largest country in Africa, it has a long history of conflict from other nations…

The Bombshell Behinds Love Grenades – Singer/songwriter Elizabeth Wight has been seducing audiences in some of the hottest clubs in Los Angeles in her new musical incarnation…