Jason Isbell, John Prine Share the Glory at Americana Music Honors
The 17th annual Americana Honors & Awards reestablished what most fans of rootsy rock already knew: that John Prine is the king of Americana, boomer edition, and that Jason Isbell is the other...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Joy Williams’ ‘Front Porch’
The leadoff single from Joy Williams’ new album is a song called “The Trouble With Wanting,” and that’s a subject her fans know all about. For the last five or six years, most of them have wanted to...
View ArticleConcert Review: Sara Bareilles Heats Up Hollywood Bowl with Moving,...
The Hollywood Bowl is in those last moments of the season where the weather is a roulette wheel of possibilities. For Sara Bareilles’ show Saturday, there was a break in the devil winds that made the...
View ArticleSara Bareilles Returns to Hollywood Bowl, Sans Audience, to Promote Live Album
Returning to the scene of the crime seemed to Sara Bareilles like a good way to promote her just-announced live album, “Amidst the Chaos: Live at the Hollywood Bowl,” and so the singer-songwriter will...
View ArticleMilk Carton Kids Preview the First L.A. Folk Festival: It’s Not Just About...
The Los Angeles music scene has long had “folk music,” in its many permutations and offshoots, as a key part of the famous sounds the city has been most often associated with. But a festival with that...
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