Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: Gov’t Mule’s “Revolution Come…Revolution Go”

Warren Haynes has offered thinly veiled political statements within his catalog to this point, but it’s difficult to disguise them

September 17, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

As far as exercises in futility are concerned, encapsulating a five-disc, 80-plus-song boxed set in 150 words ranks alongside trying

September 16, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

“I don’t speak their lan-guage/I don’t even try,” Ryan McPhun sings on “Pram Gangs.” He’s reacting to fatherhood and feeling

September 14, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Sweet Apple has always done what side projects are designed to do: provide a busman’s holiday for its members (Dinosaur

September 10, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Musician, composer, improviser, bandleader, mystic and raconteur William Parker has got so much going on that a mere double CD

September 9, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

The ardent energy that marks Willie Nile’s best work is in full effect on this tribute to the greatest songwriter

September 7, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

Manchester Orchestra has been one of rock's most consistent rock bands since it burst onto the scene with 2006’s I’m

September 7, 2017 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC