Daily Newsletter, November 4, 2023

IN THE PINES PAINTING BY NUMBERS INDEPENDENT Working on the edges of indie rock while crossing over into Americana one moment and post-grunge and psych (and elsewhere) on the other,  is not new but is not easy to do well. Sure, there are champions of that among the bands such as Wilco who comes to […]

TALsounds SHIFT NNA TAPES Natalie Chami, who works under the moniker of TALsounds ,refers to herself as “a proud Canadian-born Lebanese American” a description that is something for the listeners to uncover through her work so far, particularly on her latest album, Shift. Chami is obviously one of the champions of improvised, instantaneous musical concepts, […]

The newly announced Nina Simone vinyl box set brings together all 7 albums from her time on Philips Label, and arguably at her peak.

Live from Daryl’s House, the Webby Award-winning musical performance show co-hosted by Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Daryl Hall is returning.

Giles Martin details the making of the Beatles' last single, 'Now and Then' and what it means to have fresh remixes of '1962-66' and '1967-70' tracks.

Grace Jones has done it all: art, modelling, film, music, and yet, her diverse ventures remain a significantly overlooked aspect of her legacy.

The Eagles had been known as the face of American rock since the 1970s, but one of their later hits had actually been sitting on the shelf for years.

The Byrds' Roger McGuinn played with Jim Morrison, was part of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder revue, gave John Lennon granny glasses and Brian Wilson speed, and he's got some tales to tell

In 1998, a brutal, controversial indie film portrayed a bleak vision of race relations in the US that appears to have predicted a growing 21st-Century movement, writes Tom Joudrey.

Yesterday, the Grateful Dead kicked off their annual '30 Days of Dead' with the rare Garcia and Hunter-penned track "Comes a Time."