Matt Fogelson
SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE
This Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features Big Country, Big Thief, Lake Street Dive, the Jayhawks and a few others thrown in for kicks.
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Matt Fogelson
- Apr 8, 2018
- 1 min
TERRA LIGHTFOOT
Terra Lightfoot, from Ontario, Canada, hits my ear as a cross between Melissa Etheridge and Heart.
Matt Fogelson
- Feb 24, 2018
- 1 min
THE FINE TUNING BASEMENT TAPES, VOL. 2
This Playlist consists of songs I've intended to write about for a while but for whatever reason have yet to make it out of my notebook.
Matt Fogelson
- Jan 26, 2018
- 2 min
SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE
This Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features Patto, Deer Tick, Dave Matthews Band (with Warren Haynes), and Elise Davis.
Matt Fogelson
- Nov 11, 2017
- 2 min
THE MAGPIE SALUTE
Calling all Black Crowes fans! Run, don’t walk, to your phone, laptop, record store — however you roll — and check out The Magpie Salute.
Matt Fogelson
- Sep 4, 2017
- 2 min
THE SUITCASE JUNKET
The Suitcase Junket is a one-man band that's equal parts folk, blues, bluegrass, and when Matt Lorenz kicks up the distortion, punk.
Matt Fogelson
- Jun 5, 2017
- 2 min
A.A BONDY
A.A. Bondy’s music is spare, dark and penetrating. Much of it features just Bondy on acoustic guitar singing of sadness and loss.
Matt Fogelson
- Apr 30, 2017
- 1 min
BONNIE BISHOP
Bonnie Bishop has evolved from a self-described country singer trying to sell beer at Texas dance halls to a bluesy soul singer.
Matt Fogelson
- Jan 29, 2017
- 2 min
T-BIRD AND THE BREAKS
T Bird and the Breaks blend all kinds of styles to create what the band calls “chunk” music: equal parts funk, hip-hop, and rock ‘n’ roll.
Matt Fogelson
- Jan 10, 2017
- 2 min
SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE
This Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features David Crosby, the Seratones, Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey, and the Rolling Stones.
Matt Fogelson
- Oct 17, 2016
- 1 min
THE BEST OF FINE TUNING, VOL. 1
This Playlist includes tracks from the artists featured on Fine Tuning over the blog’s first six months.
Matt Fogelson
- Oct 17, 2016
- 3 min
HOLLIS BROWN
Hollis Brown is a new band with an old sound. Any band naming itself after a Dylan song and covering an entire VU album is worth hearing.
Matt Fogelson
- Sep 20, 2016
- 3 min
SLOBBERBONE
Slobberbone’s hard-driving rock sound softened with a whiff of country twang is just what I needed to re-acclimate to the U.S.
Matt Fogelson
- Jun 22, 2016
- 8 min
PATAGONIAN PUNCH LIST: BANDS FROM CHILE AND ARGENTINA
It's difficult to write about any aspect of Chilean culture without making reference to the Pinochet dictatorship. And so it is with music.
Matt Fogelson
- Mar 16, 2016
- 5 min
Dispatch From Chile: The Rock En Concé Festival
Prior to the REC festival, my knowledge of Latin American music could be summed up in three words: Miami Sound Machine. I've evolved mucho.
Matt Fogelson
- Dec 28, 2015
- 2 min
LUCERO
My latest musical obsession is Lucero, a band from Memphis that has been around since the early 2000s but that I discovered only recently.
Matt Fogelson
- Nov 18, 2015
- 2 min
SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE
This Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features Cory Branan, the Wood Brothers, Shovels & Rope and John Fullbright.
Matt Fogelson
- Oct 21, 2015
- 1 min
SHINYRIBS
If you're stuck in a musical rut check out Shinyribs. Their eclectic blend of sounds will surely light up some part of your auditory cortex.
Matt Fogelson
- Oct 7, 2015
- 3 min
THE FINE TUNING BASEMENT TAPES, VOL. 1
This Playlist consists of songs I've intended to write about for a while but for whatever reason have yet to make it out of my notebook.
Matt Fogelson
- Sep 21, 2015
- 2 min
JOE STRUMMER AND THE MESCALEROS
I was unmoved when the Clash broke up, believing Joe Strummer had nothing left in the tank. Man alive was I wrong.