Matt FogelsonDec 8, 20183 minSOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUEThis Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features Big Country, Big Thief, Lake Street Dive, the Jayhawks and a few others thrown in for kicks.
Matt FogelsonApr 8, 20181 minTERRA LIGHTFOOTTerra Lightfoot, from Ontario, Canada, hits my ear as a cross between Melissa Etheridge and Heart.
Matt FogelsonFeb 24, 20181 minTHE FINE TUNING BASEMENT TAPES, VOL. 2This 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 FogelsonJan 26, 20182 minSOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUEThis Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features Patto, Deer Tick, Dave Matthews Band (with Warren Haynes), and Elise Davis.
Matt FogelsonNov 11, 20172 minTHE MAGPIE SALUTECalling all Black Crowes fans! Run, don’t walk, to your phone, laptop, record store — however you roll — and check out The Magpie Salute.
Matt FogelsonSep 4, 20172 minTHE SUITCASE JUNKETThe Suitcase Junket is a one-man band that's equal parts folk, blues, bluegrass, and when Matt Lorenz kicks up the distortion, punk.
Matt FogelsonJun 5, 20172 minA.A BONDYA.A. Bondy’s music is spare, dark and penetrating. Much of it features just Bondy on acoustic guitar singing of sadness and loss.
Matt FogelsonApr 30, 20171 minBONNIE BISHOPBonnie Bishop has evolved from a self-described country singer trying to sell beer at Texas dance halls to a bluesy soul singer.
Matt FogelsonJan 29, 20172 minT-BIRD AND THE BREAKST 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 FogelsonJan 10, 20172 minSOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUEThis Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features David Crosby, the Seratones, Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey, and the Rolling Stones.
Matt FogelsonOct 18, 20161 minTHE BEST OF FINE TUNING, VOL. 1This Playlist includes tracks from the artists featured on Fine Tuning over the blog’s first six months.
Matt FogelsonOct 17, 20163 minHOLLIS BROWNHollis 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 FogelsonSep 20, 20163 minSLOBBERBONESlobberbone’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 FogelsonJun 23, 20168 minPATAGONIAN PUNCH LIST: BANDS FROM CHILE AND ARGENTINAIt's difficult to write about any aspect of Chilean culture without making reference to the Pinochet dictatorship. And so it is with music.
Matt FogelsonMar 16, 20165 minDispatch 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 FogelsonDec 28, 20152 minLUCEROMy latest musical obsession is Lucero, a band from Memphis that has been around since the early 2000s but that I discovered only recently.
Matt FogelsonNov 18, 20152 minSOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUEThis Old, New, Borrowed and Blue set features Cory Branan, the Wood Brothers, Shovels & Rope and John Fullbright.
Matt FogelsonOct 21, 20151 minSHINYRIBSIf 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 FogelsonOct 8, 20153 minTHE FINE TUNING BASEMENT TAPES, VOL. 1This 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 FogelsonSep 22, 20152 minJOE STRUMMER AND THE MESCALEROSI was unmoved when the Clash broke up, believing Joe Strummer had nothing left in the tank. Man alive was I wrong.