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CD Review: Tumbledown House — Fables and Falsehoods; Play Twain’s, April 19
Tumbledown House Fables and Falsehoods Silent Coyote Music By Al Kaufman Welcome to the Roaring ’20s, in all its sexy, boozy, violent glory. Montana’s Tumbledown House are so fresh and exciting because...
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CD Review: jENNiNGS — Take It or Leave; Playing Smith’s Olde Bar, April 17
jENNiNGS Take It or Leave Emerging Artists Music By Al Kaufman Singer/songwriter/pianist Mary Jennings is pretentious. A singer cannot use such a capitally-challenged moniker and not be thought so. She...
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CD Review: Ron Pope — Atlanta; Playing Vinyl, April 28
Ron Pope Atlanta Hard Six Records By Al Kaufman Ron Pope is a sensitive romantic. He’s got a beard and everything. He writes straight from the heartlands anthems and lovely ballads that would make John...
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CD Review: The Bright Light Social Hour — New Year’s Live; Play Masquerade...
The Bright Light Social Hour New Year’s Live self-release By Al Kaufman Austin, Texas has more than earned its reputation as The Live Music Capital of the World. So when a band takes an unprecedented...
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CD Review: Simone Felice; Plays Eddie’s Attic May 29th
Simone Felice Simone Felice Team Love Records By Al Kaufman Simone Felice, drummer and singer the Catskill folkies Felice Brothers, and founder of the folk-soul outfit, The Duke and the King, branches...
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Q & A with Kelly Hogan; Playing With Neko Case @ Atlanta Botanical Garden,...
By Al Kaufman Kelly Hogan is one of the queens of the Atlanta music scene. Her band in the ‘90s, The Jody Grind, were on the verge of stardom before a drunk driver killed two members. She then sang...
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CD Review: Langhorne Slim & the Law — The Way We Move
Langhorne Slim & the Law The Way We Move Ramseur Records By Al Kaufman “Lord, release my wild soul,” Langhorne Slim pleads on the acoustic ballad “Wild Soul.” It is safe to say that the Lord...
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CD Review: Everest — Ownerless
Everest Ownerless ATO Records By Al Kaufman Success in the rock world is a crap shoot. For every Coldplay and Linkin Park that make it big, there are thousands of bands that have more talent but never...
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CD Review: Sol Driven Train — Underdog; Playing @ Smith’s Olde Bar March 9th
Sol Driven Train Underdog By Al Kaufman Sol Driven Train is made up of a bunch of happy guys from Charleston, SC who love making music and probably listened to a lot of Jimmy Buffett as kids. Their...
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CD Review: David Mayfield Parade — Good Man Down; Playing @ Smith’s Olde Bar...
The David Mayfield Parade Good Man Down Beautywood Records By Al Kaufman With crystalline vocals reminiscent of a young James Taylor, it would be easy for David Mayfield to write adult contemporary...
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CD Review: Radiation City- Animals in the Median; Play the Earl 6/6
Radiation City Animals in the Median Tender Loving Empire By Al Kaufman On their sophomore record, Animals in the Median, Radiation City has done the near impossible. They have made electronic music...
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CD Review: The Band of Heathens — Sunday Morning Record; Play Vinyl October 27th
The Band of Heathens Sunday Morning Record BOH Records By Al Kaufman The name Band of Heathens conjures up images of boys in overalls playing one string basses and banging on wash basins and other...
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Q&A With Kirk Waldrop of Nine Times Blue; Playing Smith’s Olde Bar 2/21
By Al Kaufman Atlanta’s Nine Times Blue have made quite a name for themselves. Besides their raucous live shows at Smith’s Olde Bar, they released Falling Slowly in 2012. The Grammy-winning Don...
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Interview with Andrew Burri and Dan Molad of Lucius; Playing Buckhead Theatre...
By Al Kaufman We hear often about the woman behind the man, but occasionally it is worth it to hear about the men behind the women. With Wildewoman, indie-pop band Lucius quickly became known for the...
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Q&A with Christopher Denny; Playing Eddie’s Attic June 5th
By Al Kaufman Christopher Denny is the ultimate music redemption story. In a childhood full of poverty, instability, and self-destructive behavior by the people around him in Little Rock, Arkansas,...
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Q&A with Cruz Contreras of Black Lillies; Playing Eddie’s Attic November 5th
By Al Kaufman Listening to Black Lillies’ third CD, Runaway Freeway Blues, is akin to transporting oneself through large country roads in Middle America. That’s due in no small part to Cruz...
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Extended interview with Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde; Playing...
By Al Kaufman Concrete Blonde’s “Joey” is the type of song that, when it comes on the radio, people stop what they are doing and listen. If there is a group of people, and they happen to have a few...
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CD Review: Michelle Malone — Stronger Than You Think; Playing @ Eddie’s Attic...
Michelle Malone Stronger Than You Think SBS Records By Al Kaufman “Mature” is a tricky world in the music business. It’s often code for “losing your edge,” or “quietly slipping off into adult...
View ArticleFrederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater Open House on April 6th
The Fred has a New Look! You’ve seen the amazing show line up for 2018! While we’ve been booking, we’ve also been working behind the scenes on some renovation work at the Fred. We can’t wait to show...
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