So I know I’m only halfway through the Spanish lessons on Duolingo, but shouldn’t the title be Los Matandos Abrazos? Anyway, Google translate tells me it means “the killing embraces.” Speculations on Spanish syntax aside, Joseph Michael Wharton’s music is…
You know what the world needs? More rockabilly. Pearls Mahone delivers with a voice that they just don’t make anymore. With a velvety Patsy Cline-like purr and a sense of reckless fun, Mahone’s an unholy alliance of demure 50s pin-up…
The backstory for Pops Staples’ posthumous release is almost as interesting as the album itself. To be honest, I only really knew about — and appreciated — Mavis Staples with her “comeback” album You Are Not Alone. (My parents pretty…
Jeffrey Martin impressed me a few months ago with his album Dogs in the Daytime. Here’s the accompanying music video for his observational ballad “Newborn Thing.” If you dig archival footage of train tracks, this is the perfect music video…
Gothic blues duo Saint Agnes has another song to share. I dig the ominous beat in the background and Pixies-inflected guitar fills. Saint Agnes — Official, Facebook, Soundcloud, iTunes