photo: Susu Laroche *** Sharon Van Etten was deep into rehearsals for a tour supporting her 2022 studio album, We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong, when she unexpectedly uttered the “J word.” “It was the first time we were all in the same room together, and I decided that, instead of doing the normal […]
On May 5, 1965 the Warlocks made their public debut at Magoo’s Pizza Parlor in Menlo Park, CA. Seven months later they would change their name to the Grateful Dead. In honor of the anniversary we revisit this conversation with Ken Babbs about some of the band’s early gigs at the Acid Tests, a series […]
On Thanksgiving weekend in 2024, when Reckoners released their self-titled debut LP, the Boston collective not only introduced the world to their brand of slow-boiling rock and soul, but they also solidified their project as a true band—cultivated over the past half-decade by one of the area’s more visible architects of roots music, Johnny Trama. […]
