How songwriter Ruth B. brings tears to Tyler Perry’s eyes

How songwriter Ruth B. brings tears to Tyler Perry's eyes

In the Jim Crow South of the 1930s and ‘40s, in poor, rural Georgia, forbidden love struggles up through the briars. The teens, Bayou and Leanne, find they can be together only in the dead […]

AUGUST BURNS RED Announces ’20 Year Anniversary Tour’ For 2023, BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale

AUGUST BURNS RED Announces '20 Year Anniversary Tour' For 2023, BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale

AUGUST BURNS RED has announced its “20 Year Anniversary Tour”. The North American trek, which will take place over two legs between February and May 2023, will see the Grammy-nominated Lancaster, Pennsylvania five-piece play material […]

Colin Irwin obituary | Folk music

Colin Irwin, left, interviewing the US blues musician Seasick Steve at the Cambridge folk festival, 2010

Though the music journalist Colin Irwin, who has died suddenly aged 71, specialised in folk music, his writing ranged across many genres, especially during the 1970s and 80s, when he worked on Melody Maker magazine. […]

In eastern Kentucky, a flood-soaked music community rebuilds : NPR

In eastern Kentucky, a flood-soaked music community rebuilds : NPR

Floods ravaged eastern Kentucky’s music community. What does it mean to rebuild? At the Appalachian School of Luthiery in Hindman, Ky., days after July’s catastrophic floods, luthier Kris Patrick searches through the mud-caked remains of […]

Bruce Springsteen reborn as soul man on ‘Only the Strong Survive’

Chuck Arnold

Meet the new Blues Brother: Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen. Taking a cue from Jake and Elwood, Bruce — I mean, come on, we’re on a first-name basis with him after 50 years — is embracing […]

3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: First Aid Kit, Special Interest, and R.A.P. Ferreira

First Aid Kit

3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: First Aid Kit, Special Interest, and R.A.P. Ferreira First Aid Kit image via Olof Grind November 7, 2022 There’s so much good music out […]

Cheick Tidiane Seck: Kelena Fôly review – deeply human vocals and piano from a Malian master | Music

Cheick Tidiane Seck: Kelena Fôly album cover

There are few places to hide on a solo piano record. The often fragile and expressive format has been a gauntlet for some of music’s great improvisers, including Abdullah Ibrahim on 2021’s Solotude and Keith […]