Lorraine Feather, “Tales of the Unusual” (Jazzed Media). Imagine the fierce wit and literacy of pixie-voiced Blossom Dearie. Now add the jaunty Gothic tinge of Tom Waits but without the neo-Beat stream of consciousness. Sprinkle a tiny bit of Sondheim’s

Los Angeles / New York, February 16 2012: ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) will honor Carly Simon with the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award during its 29th Annual Pop Music Awards, it was announced today by ASCAP President an

LOS ANGELES, CA and NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Feb 16, 2012) - ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) will honor Carly Simon with the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award during its 29th Annual Pop Music Awards, it was announced today

Thursday, February 16, 2012, by Rob Bear The Grammy-winning singer Adele might be a fresh face on the music scene this year, but she followed in the footsteps of greats when choosing a place to record her breakout album. The Shangri-La Ranch, in the hill

This scene invariably has played out in every musician's life — the point when one band member informs another he just proposed to his girlfriend. Following a stretch of confused ground inspection before resuming eye contact, instead of offering congratu

A hallmark of New Orleans’ French Quarter, Preservation Hall has operated as a full-time music venue since 1961. Since then, the hall has juggled a big group of house musicians, some of whom stay home to play at the club while others hit the road to carr

I’ve often wondered what happened to those involved in Once, that delightful low-budget Irish film about the romance between a Dublin busker and a Czech pianist and mother. It won an Oscar for Best Song – Falling Slowly. Now its writer-director John Carn

Reporter's Note: President Obama receives a letter from me every day. But never flowers. Dear Mr. President, Well, as usual I am celebrating Valentine’s Day with my traditional marathon of playing Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” for twelve straight hours. Noth

FESTIVAL appearances, headlines shows, sold-out gigs - Watussi are on a roll. Second album El Olvido has just been released to rave reviews. Produced by Joel Hamilton, who's worked with Tom Waits, Elvis Costello and Talib Kweli, the album puts Watussi (p

Back during his college days at San Francisco State University, NOFX frontman Fat Mike minored in Human Sexuality. "My thesis was on pornography," he tells Rolling Stone. Last week things finally came full circle for the punk rocker when Rubber Bordello,

Quick: What has six arms, three heads, one pair of glasses, and zero chance of getting an even break? If you replied the Doors without Jim Morrison, then you’ve probably read at least some of the many reviews panning Other Voices and Full Circle. Both we

On a foggy Friday night in January, David Harrington, violinist and founding member of San Francisco's Kronos Quartet, stood on stage at Wilton's Music Hall — London's oldest concert hall and a bastion of Dickens-era England. The program that he and his

On a big night for Adele, she had a lot to say backstage -- as did the rest of the Grammy victors. Hear what you didn't see on the Grammy broadcast below. Adele's Big Night : While her millions of fans may have worried about her recovery from surgery, Ad

Paul Epworth, who won producer and song of the year honors, was effusive about his most high-profile recent project, Adele: "She's amazing, brave and funny, and she's got a total gift, which makes my job very easy. She could sing the phone book. When we

The statement “Fat Mike of NOFX has a ragtime album coming out” is not something you would expect to ever hear. However, Mike’s actually been experimenting with ragtime sounds in his day job ever since the hilarious classic “Buggly Eyes” first appeared o

For many viewers, tonight's Grammy Awards ceremony will be more than just a TV music show. It will be a history lesson of mythic proportions. When modern country fans tune in for a performance by Blake Shelton and The Band Perry, they also will get to se

As the all “girl”/women band Raining Jane puts it in their song “Incline,” it is hard to be true and honest when one finds oneself in struggle uphill. One ought to be open to the incline. In this song, Raining Jain attempts to present such a struggle uph

It's possible that Adele won't be the runaway winner at the 2012 Grammy Awards, to be broadcast at 8 p.m. Sunday on CBS3 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. With the Grammys, after all, the inexplicable often occurs. Last year, Canadian indie band Ar

This is mental music. It’s not easy to define, and that’s why it’s so darn addictive. Laying down sprawled out somewhere between Tom Waits, The Beach Boys, Amen, and The Ramones, you will find. Seen as the band is led by the mysterious former Nine Inch