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With a fanbase that includes Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, and Elton John, one could be forgiven for assuming that Philadelphia’s Low Cut Connie makes anodyne radio-friendly fare. But boy would you be wrong. In fact, pianist and songwriter Adam Weiner joyously embraces the sleaziest parts of rock’s past, creating music that is kindred in spirit […]

It’s one thing to attempt to blend seemingly dissonant genres like heavy metal and free jazz, but to excel at is almost a miracle.. Yet this is exactly what NYC’s Living Colour was able to achieve in the late 1980s, a feat that is still hard to reconcile nearly 40 years later. The group’s open-minded […]

In an era when rock music often seems like a relic of a bygone era, Greta Van Fleet is breathing new life into the genre with their familiar blend of hard rock and blues that often earns them favorable comparisons to classic rock behemoths such as Led Zeppelin and the Who. The band, which was […]

Given that its roots date back over a century, the blues is often unfairly seen as a stodgy and antiquated form of music that doesn’t have much relevance in contemporary times. Thanks to artists like Texas’ Gary Clark, Jr., however, one of America’s original art forms has been given a fresh new sound that appeals […]