Video of the Day: Summer Lives on Thanks to Thao With the Get Down Stay Down

This weekend I’ll be heading to the Treasure Island Music Festival for two days of music just outside of San Francisco. The awesome lineup includes MGMT, The Flaming Lips, The Decemberists, and Yo La Tengo just to name a few. I’m also excited to see Thao With the Get Down Stay Down, whose front-runner rocks out on her guitar to catchy, upbeat tunes that always make for a fun live show. In a new video for “When We Swarm,” the band dances happily lakeside with a bunch of friends, making it th

Music Review: Marco Bittelli - Libera
Marco Bittelli’s new album should please any jazz guitar fan with its combination of Mediterranean, Latin, and classical influences.

Music Review: Driven Straight To The Dance Floor
After listening to it over and over again for almost three weeks, I finally can write a music album review for “DRIVEN Straight To The Dance Floor” by Arnold G. Arnold Garcia is his real full name, but as an international dance/pop recording artist, songwriter, dancer and performer, he is well known as “ARNOLD G.” DRIVEN Straight To The Dance Floor is Arnold G’s 12 tracks complete album. It was released in 2006 by A&G Records, and manufactured and distributed by IRIS Distribution. DRIV

Music Review: Bright Star Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, by Mark Bradshaw
In the opening lines of “Negative Capability” - the first track on the soundtrack to writer/director Jane Campion’s new film Bright Star - actress Abbie Cornish (as Fanny Brawne - love interest to a young John Keats) softly remarks the following: “I still don’t know how to work out a poem.” To this Ben Whishaw […]

Music Review: Eric Clapton - Just One Night
Eric Clapton: Chapter 17.

Music Review: John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble - Eternal Interlude
A large ensemble delves into the intimate aspects of big band arrangements.