more by Christopher John Treacy
[ROCK] The way the story goes, Martin Barre’s original audition for Jethro Tull (the result of an invitation for Tull’s manager Terry Ellis following a shared bill with Barre’s band of the time, Gethsemane) didn’t go well—he was too nervous to play.
[JAM] Two Moe.s, three Turkuazes and a pair of Aqueouses make up this jammy super group hitting Buffalo Iron Works on Friday night, September 16.
[COUNTRY] Some side projects, a solo album, and a couple presidential terms after their anti-Iraq war hullaballoo, Dixie Chicks are finally ready to make nice, returning to the stage in support of a Sony reissue campaign that sees all their material available on vinyl for the...
[AMERICANA] The Felice Brothers return to the Tralf this Sunday, September 18, for their second Buffalo gig this year, having released Life in the Dark (Yep Roc) in the interim, which was recorded on a farm.
[FOLK] If you’ve been having a hard time with the bilge pump of passionless commercial country flooding your senses, Denver’s Paper Bird might just be the perfect remedy.
[AMERICANA] Woody Pines takes an acoustic approach to jump blues that makes for some of the most contagious roots music you’ve ever heard.
[HARDCORE] New York City trio Show Me The Body is part of the Letter Racer collective, a cooperative group of envelope-pushing musicians and visual artists that have established themselves as underground fixtures.
[ROCK] You’re not alone if accepting Axl Rose as AC/DC’s front man proves difficult.