Lucinda Williams has been maneuvering down a path all her own for more than three decades now, emerging from Lake Charles, Louisiana, where her iconoclastic upbringing helped her forge the stunning Lucinda Williams (aka, the Rough Trade album). Somehow, that milestone 1988 set eventually disappeared from shelves, but was reissued 25

  Seven-time Grammy winner and ACM Female Vocalist of the Year nominee Carrie Underwood emerged from the promise of her 2005 American Idol win to become a true multi-format, multi-media superstar, spanning achievements in music, television, and film. he first female artist to be twice named the Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year,

  David Alan Grier is known for his sketch comedy work and impressions on In Living Color, and for starring in NBC’s DAG, Comedy Central’s Chocolate News, and the hit blaxploitation parody I’m Gonna Git You Sucka. He’s performed stand-up on numerous late-night talk shows, and was named one of

  Remember the San Francisco Beer Passport? It was that nifty little passport where you got 30 beers at 30 bars for $30. Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Appetizer Passport. There’s no better way to explore a place than with your mouth! This passport is amazing, you

Skye + Ross | Skye Edwards, Morcheeba’s singer/composer and Ross Godfrey, guitarist/composer/producer are working on a new album for their Morcheeba fans. It will have the signature mix of influences from trip hop, blues and downtempo soul. Skye has one of the most recognisable voices on the planet, hearing her

Violent Soho are an Australian alternative rock band that was formed in 2004 in the Brisbane suburb of Mansfield, Queensland. The band consists of Luke Boerdam on guitar/vocals, James Tidswell on guitar/vocals, Luke Henery on bass and Michael Richards on drums. Their sound has often been likened to the alternative

SUN is the new studio album from Cat Power. Six years after her last album of original material, Chan Marshall has moved on from her collaborative forays into Memphis soul and Delta blues. She wrote, played, recorded and produced the entirety of SUN by herself, a statement of complete control that

The Queen of legendary Memphis juke joint Wild Bill’s, backed by SF’s funkiest Southern soul band. Created in San Francisco, Otis shows are a modern take on the Stax soul revue that roared through Europe in 1967. The band’s raw, powerful sound combines horns, B3 organ and backing vocals in support