Wendy Geller for YAHOO! MUSIC – The Dustbowl Revival is a Venice, California-based collective that merges a variety of different vintage Americana genres — including bluegrass, gospel, pre-war blues, and swing — to create a sonic mixture all their own. Their…
Damian Fanelli for GUITAR WORLD – Today, GuitarWorld.com has teamed up with Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters to premiere a new song, “Ain’t That Loving You.” The track is from the band’s upcoming album, The Luckiest Man, which will be released November 17 via Stony…
DOWNBEAT – DownBeat is proud to announce the results of its 82nd Annual Readers Poll. Wynton Marsalis topped the Trumpet category, and readers elected him into the DownBeat Hall of Fame. “The results of this year’s Readers Poll are an…
It’s release day for Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn‘s album, Echo in the Valley! See what everyone is saying so far: “Two of the world’s most accomplished and innovative banjo players happen to be a married couple: Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn.…
Craig Kaminer for SOPHISTICATED LIVING – Before last night, I don’t think I could name one contemporary Cuban jazz band. I love the music, the soul, the rhythm, the people, but for whatever reason, I don’t have one recording in my…
Stephen Thompson for NPR – Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn are two of the least complacent musicians around. With skill that can border on otherworldly, both push boundaries, stretching their sound beyond bluegrass, across continents and into everything from prog-rock to Eastern instrumentation. They’re…
Tina Amendola for POLLSTAR – The story of The Dustbowl Revival’s formation begins with Zach Lupetin relocating from the Midwest to Los Angeles in 2007. He wanted to start a band that played brass and string band styles, so what does he…
Matthew Oshinsky for PASTE Magazine – It’s possible that no band in the world has a more impressive resume than The Soul Rebels. The eight-piece brass ensemble out of New Orleans plays upward of 250 shows a year in every conceivable…
Michael J. Agovino for THE VILLAGE VOICE – Last September, as Cécile McLorin Salvant prepared to take the stage of the Village Vanguard with her trio for the last night in a vaunted Tuesday-through-Sunday run at the jazz mecca, her…
RELIX – The Dustbowl Revival‘s new self-titled effort debuted in June and the band is today unveiling the official video for the album standout “If You Could See Me Now,” one of the album’s opening tracks along with “Call My Name.”…