Another interesting year has just breezed by and I’ll say it went FAST! Looking back, we should be thankful for all the good times and progress that we made. It’s not over until it’s over, so I’m looking forward to seeing fruits of our labor popping up over the next few weeks and into 2013.
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SKOPE INTERVIEW WITH PAULA TOZER: DEVOTED & SPIRITUAL
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With a voice compellingly country, Paula Tozer sings her songs of devotion. Though at times romantic, the devotion is often spiritual; this is especially so on the track “Calling All Nations,” which contains such lines as “peace alight in the darkness.” Apt background guitars complement her soulful renditions. Find out for yourself at: http://reverbnation.com/paulatozer.
QUENTIN TARANTINO HAND-PICKS BROTHER DEGE’S SONG
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Brother Dege (“deej”) (aka Dege Legg) is one of the best-kept secrets in the Deep South. A musician, writer and Southern enigma, Dege is the haunted face of 21st century Delta blues. Like the possessed offspring of Faulkner and Son House, he plays slide guitar in the age-old tradition of the blues greats, yet manages…
BETH HART RETURNS WITH ‘BANG BANG BOOM BOOM’
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Beth Hart, armed with one of the most unique and heart-wrenching voices of the 21st century, and a backstory packed with incredible opportunities and lamentable loss, will return with a new album, Bang Bang Boom Boom, on April 9, 2013 (Provogue Records/Mascot Label Group).
MARTIN HARLEY SET TO OPEN FOR ZZ WARD AND DELTA RAE
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Martin Harley, internationally acclaimed slide guitar prodigy, is set to open for blues-hop singer ZZ Ward and rock band Delta Rae on their co-headlining ‘Fire And Shine’ tour next year. The tour is set to kick off in Denver, CO on January 29th and will make stops in major cities across the country through March.…
HUNTER VALENTINE TOUR WITH SUM 41
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HUNTER VALENTINE is a band in nonstop motion. From starring on Season 3 of Showtime’s The Real L Word to the release of their third record, Collide & Conquer on Megaforce/Sony in October to a just-wrapped six week tour of North America, the ladies of Hunter Valentine are everywhere. Now the band has announced a…
LINDI ORTEGA NEW VIDEO FILMED ON iPHONE
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To continue to celebrate the release of her sophomore album Cigarettes & Truckstops, acclaimed Nashville-based artist Lindi Ortega is set to embark on a nationwide solo tour in 2013. Full details on reverse. Ortega has toured extensively throughout 2011-2012, opening for acts like Social Distortion, Dierks Bentley, and James Vincent McMorrow. Her live performance has…
Joe Melillo, 1 Step Toward 1000 Miles
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Joe Melillo brings a musically and lyrically eclectic medley with his album 1 Step Toward 1000 Miles. From the raucous and guttural blues of “Toughest Around” to the disco endeavor “Music is my Life,” even the most seasoned listener would be unable to predict what comes next. One track, “Percy,” involves the stealing of prescription…
BOBBY RUSH NEW ALBUM FEBRUARY 2013
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Bobby Rush’s new Down in Louisiana, out February 19, 2013 on Deep Rush Productions through Thirty Tigers, is the work of a funky fire-breathing legend. Its 11 songs revel in the grit, grind and soul that’s been the blues innovator’s trademark since the 1960s, when he stood shoulder to shoulder on the stages of Chicago…
John Dartnell, The Road Goes On
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It was surprising to discover that this album of eminently American-sounding music comes from a U.K. native. Not only does Britain’s John Dartnell pull off the sound of Uncle Sam’s country & blues, he also damn well looks the part. See this for yourself at his cyber “circus”: www.JohnDartnell.com As for the album, it is…
TROUBLE LIGHTS NEW VIDEO “READY”
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Singer Adrien Daller and producer Philip Rabalais met last year and discovered a mutual love of electro pop dance music. Magic. After many excited, late night talk-offs (usually in the corner of some party) they started the band Trouble Lights. They’ve since released a video that garnered over 20,000 views in a week, opened for…
WIRE: THE STRAIGHT SHOT ON RELIX & FUSE TV
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The NYC blues-rock band JD & The Straight Shot was invited by Relix Magazine to perform an exclusive in-office set last month and the video footage is now live! Check out JD & The Straight Shot performing a cover of the Little Feat classic “Let It Roll,” here: http://bit.ly/JDrelix. JD & The Straight released their…
TOM CURREN RELEASES VIDEO FOR “SUMMERLAND ROAD”
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Famously reclusive, Curren’s musical gift has until recently only been recognized amongst a small enclave of musicians. With an album set for release in 2013, Curren is ready to share his music with the world. In October 2012, Curren released a four-song EP called Summerland Road — a glimpse of what is to come.
Antonio Resende, Everything I Know
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With his EP Everything I Know Brazilian songwriter-guitarist Antonio Resende has condensed “everything he knows” into a quarter-hour of song. These fifteen minutes — consisting of six tracks, four of them instrumental — offer a blend of Brazilian warmth and vivacity. The opening track, “I Hope You Don’t Say Goodbye,” brings a rather soothing display…
Nick Peay, Feathers & Fables
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Following up on last year’s EP, Nick Peay has released his new four-track album, Feathers & Fables. The album is a snapshot in time, which features Peay at his songwriting best with Blues-spiked, Alt Country musicality and lyrical matter that waxes and wanes between melancholy and upbeat optimism. Throw in Folk and Americana leanings and…
Engloria, Shine
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If you take the vocal delivery of Oasis and the jangle guitar of The Connells, you have two of the driving facets behind New York’s Engloria. Following up on last years EP, their debut full-length, Shine is an 11-track collection of guitar driven tunes with nuances of standard Rock, Brit-style Pop and occasional Alt-Country leanings.…
Al Brake, Self Titled
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Among Canada’s greatest exports are hockey goons and country music. With vocals as crisp as his name, and bluesy twang blistering from his guitar, Al Brake lives up to the proud Maple Leaf country tradition. The youngest of 11 children, Al picked up the guitar at age 8 and…
The Ringflowers, Money for Music
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The genres and influences are boundless on The Ringflowers new full-length album, Money for Music. Leaning heavily on throwback sounds, the album incorporates elements ranging from funk-laced guitar, Latin American influences and bent note Blues facets. The genre bending is so rife through the tracks; the only place you’re…
JIMBO MATHUS & THE TRI-STATE COALITION SINGLE “IN THE GARDEN”
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In his native Mississippi and throughout the South, Jimbo Mathus is recognized as the prolific songwriter of born-in-the-bone American music, the torchbearer for Deep South mythology and culture. The Grammy-nominated musician and guitarist, co-founder of the defunct hyper ragtime outfit Squirrel Nut Zippers and South Memphis String Band as well as collaborator with the likes…
Erez and the End, Silent Mountains
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The raw, organic effort shines on Silent Mountains, the new five-track EP from Erez and the End. Hallmarked by honest, melodic Rock stripped of post-production effects lends a gritty purity to the tracks. Meld that with the raspy vocal delivery of lead man Erez Eiserman and the all-analog approach…
DINAH THORPE OFFERS MP3 OFF ’12’
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With a commanding presence, uncompromising style and powerful harmonies, Dinah Thorpe makes electro-folk-pop that is not afraid to be smart. Tackle her bluesy, alternative country single “Song for Dolly”; a bouncing banjo hymn about daydreaming which name checks Dolly Pardon and Robert Johnson.
JIMMY RAE ENJOYS A LITTLE HARMONY & MELODY WITH LUKE GARTNER-BRERETON
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Luke Gartner-Brereton hails from Brisbane, Australia and he has been into music since he was a little kid. All along he has played “anything he could get his hands on” and as a classically-trained guitarist Luke blends together Folk, World music and Latin rhythms. When he’s not…
RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE, OCTOBER 2012
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Bright Little Field, Treatment Bound: A Ukelele Tribute to the Replacements (Bar None Records) No, it’s not a collection of early Chinese punk rock played by armless midgets or anything weird, it actually is what it says, a bunch of old Replacements songs played on ukulele, in this case played by…
DAVE VAN KLEECK TALKS ABOUT “EVENT HORIZON”
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“Event Horizon” is a new CD that will be released on Oct. 30th 2012. Comprised of four extremely talented and experienced musicians, the CD has something to offer a variety of musical tastes. The primary musicians on the CD project are: Davey Pattison, Vocals, Darryl St. John, Guitars, Pete Thompson, Drums/Keys, and Dave…
A STORM IS BREWING IN WASHINGTON
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StormKing is a whirlwind of sound, the name fittingly descriptive as the songs fluctuate between calm and chaos, capturing the spirit of Hendrix and more modern artists like Monster Magnet. Skope had the opportunity to discuss the band with leader and chief songwriter Duke Adkisson.
COME HEAR STOLI’S NEW FAV BAND BRISTOL TO MEMORY
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It feels so good to sit down and write this new column. As many of you noticed over the past week, Skopemag.com went through a major theme redesign and server upgrade. After a few days of high anxiety we are back and I think better than before. Skope truly has an amazing & loyal global…
VINTAGE TROUBLE ANNOUNCE US FALL TOUR DATES
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After 80 shows in 100 days, playing in front of an estimated 400,000 people throughout Europe, Los Angeles newcomers Vintage Trouble are excited to return to the US for a series of dates beginning September 28th in Portland, Oregon with Joss Stone. This four-week tour, that also includes an appearance at this year’s Voodoo Festival…
FILTHY J: SHOCK RAP ALIVE AND WELL DOWN UNDER
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It goes without saying that ever since there has been music; there has been explicit lyrical matter and innuendo within it. Blues singers made famous the term “jelly roll” (if you don’t know; look it up) and entire careers were made possible because of suspect lyrical matter and profanity…
Oxford Train, Mister Oxford Train
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This Oxford Train from Rochester, NY has so many tricks under their sleeves it’s not even funny! What do I mean by this you ask; well I’ll tell you! This band incorporates so many different styles & genres within their music that there is no way you could categorize them. Everything from Pop, Jazz &…
MUSIC LEGENDS TOUR FOR WORLD PEACE
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Legendary blues/rock musicians (present or former band members with Toto, Asia, Eric Clapton, Guns N’ Roses, Dave Matthews Band, Carole King, Billy Preston, Sergio Mendes, Lionel Richie, and many others) are forming a new all-star band to promote world peace through music. They will combine with internationally-renowned music masters from nine world cultures to launch…
Doug Prescott, Hot Night in November (2012)
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About the Artist: Doug Prescott is an artist that comes to us from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Prescott is one artist that is making quite a name for themselves regionally and internationally. He have received critical acclaim from many music critics and webzines around the globe thus far in his musical career…
Science!, Science!
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Having known each other since their childhoods in New York, Justin Stang and Jim Elenteny find themselves thousands of miles from home and reunited as the two-man outfit, Science! The move and collaboration has rendered their first self-titled EP–7-tracks of guitar driven rock that ebbs and flows between Country-tinged riff work to bent note Blues…
SUPA: THE FRESH VOICE OF HIPHOP
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Hailing from Texas in the ‘Golden Triangle’ hiphop artist Supa knows a thing or two about the game. Poised to become the ‘fresh voice of hiphop’, this success story is 15 years in the making. Supa’s music and his life is about community and writing from the heart. He lives and breathes hiphop and his…
Hooyoosay, My Obsession w/Pain in My Heart
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So okay I love when this happens where I discover new music by way of research for a review! This is exactly what happened here with Hooyoosay’s “My Obsession” and “Pain in my Heart”. First up is a cover of the 1967 track “My Obsession” off of the ‘Between the Buttons’ record by…
The Wandering Bards, Party Hat (EP)
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Members/Instruments: Kenny Allen: Vocals, harmonica, jaw harp, accordion and melodica Ron Baumann: Upright Bass and background vocals Mike Cardone: Cajon, tambourine, maracas, guiro and cymbals Ray Fyhr: Violin, Colin McKay: Vocals, acoustic guitar and djembe. URL: http://www.wanderingbards.com SONICBIDS http://www.sonicbids.com/2/EPK/?epk_id=63700 CD BABY http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/TheWanderingBards About the Artist: This is the latest release from New York 5 piece…
ALL EYES: NEW MINNEAPOLIS BAND
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In 2009 I first introduced Alicia Wiley to Skope. She has produced 5 solo albums in the past 8 years earning a Minnesota Music Award as Best selling self released recording 2004, Best Female Vocalist 2004, and Best Keyboardist/Pianist 2006. She has been compared to Fiona Apple and Diana Krall her voice is even…
Mouthful of Daisy, Twice Renewed
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Despite initial setbacks, it is a rejuvenated Mouthful of Daisy these days. Once removed from the confined tastes of their hometown of Vancouver; a new lineup in place and a chance recording session in New York City, the outfit is back making their brand of aggressive Indie/Alt with fervor. The recording session at Killingworth Studio…
Billy K Band, Outrun The Rain
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After stints in two prior bands, Billy K has surrounded himself with the right likeminded musicians to bring his anecdotal, prototype Country to fans. True in the vein of contemporary Nashville, the band has released Outrun The Rain–11-tracks of archetypical honky stomp tunes laced with the occasional down tempo Country ballad. [youtube 1ZrRMZLPedE] The album…
Third International, Chemical Eyes + Bonus
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I had the pleasure of reviewing Third International’s ‘Entre Las Americas’ back in May for Skope (http://skopemag.com/index.php?s=Third+International) and I knew then that this group has got something special. The mastermind behind it all, Andrew Pearson, is back with a single that includes two songs: “Chemical Eyes” and “Good Friday at Little Rock”. This…
Midnight Mosaic, My Fair Lady
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Matching the look of each member to the next of this 5 piece band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, the music of Midnight Mosaic is very diverse indeed in sound from track to track. Listed as Indie/Rock leaves much open for interpretation, and Midnight Mosaic does not simplify it at all with the varies in…
