Among the handful of things I believe in are rock 'n' roll and transcendence. Read more...
I was reminded why I go to things as I returned to the Art Melt with my daughter in tow for a second pass. Read more...
Awhile back, I reported that Baton Rouge might just have a sound, and that sound might be what music geeks less-than-affectionately refer to as post-rock: largely instrumental music, lushly recorded as it is precisely played. Read more...
Before I get too deep into this: come bear witness to the soul-stirring rock onslaught of Heartless Bastards at the Varsity this week. Read more...
I caught Texas songwriter Adam Carroll and his guitar-wielding sidekick Michael O'Connor at the Red Dragon Listening Room last year, and it was one of those perception shifting shows. Read more...
Josh Ritter is one of the greatest contemporary songwriters you don't know about. Read more...
By anyone's estimate, Bayou Country Superfest was a success, a triumph of giving the people what they want. Read more...
We should look at a couple of things before they are gone. Read more...
Some singer-songwriters look to bring the loftier ideas down to earth like Prometheus bringing fire, but Philadelphia's Chuck Brodsky finds plenty of heated material here on the ground. Read more...
My sometimes-conflicting worlds of computer guy (day job), music critic (night job) and citizen (perpetual job) all collided yesterday during an iPad demonstration at the Lod Cook center on LSU campus. Read more...
