Eric Lindell: Jazz Fest Focus

Don’t let the laidback demeanor fool you. With the release of Between Motion and Rest, Eric Lindell will have put out four records in five years and crisscrossed the country […]

Fest Focus: Angelique Kidjo

Didn’t They Ramble

Boston, Massachusetts is not exactly Cajun country. Nonetheless, dancers fill a cramped stage on an otherwise quiet Tuesday evening in Red Sox nation, the sweaty throng two-stepping and waltzing away […]

Fest Focus: Old Crow Medicine Show

Country Fried, Nowhere No More (Independent)

There’s only so many clichés a band can toss in a song until it becomes downright silly. Country Fried have perfected this art on their debut. Unfortunately, it’s uncertain if […]

Jake Brennan & the Confidence Men, Love & Bombs (Yep Roc)

Old 97’s, Drag It Up (New West Records)

Miriam Makeba, Reflections (Heads Up)

C.C. Adcock, Lafayette Marquis (Yep Roc Records)

Steve Earle, The Revolution Starts…Now (Artemis Records)