Billie Holiday

Fleetwood Mac - US Airways Center - 5/30/2013

Fleetwood Mac US Airways Center See the full slideshow of the concert May 30, 2013 It would be challenging, at best, to attempt to write an objective concert review about a band that your love for borders on obsession, so I'm not going to try. Fleetwood Mac's show at US Airways Arena Thursday nig ... More >>

13 Phoenix Bands You Need to Know in 2013: The Complete List

As 2012 draws to a close, we couldn't be more optimistic about the state of music in the Valley of the Sun. With new bands emerging from various scenes and subgenres, it can be hard to keep up with the latest in Phoenix music. What follows are our picks for 13 acts that will make an impact on the S ... More >>

13 Phoenix Artists You need to Hear in 2013

The Top 10 Phoenix Albums of 2012

Ladies and gentleman, here are our 10 picks for our favorite Phoenix albums of 2012. Enjoy! See also: -13 Phoenix Bands You Need to Hear in 2013 -Jason P. Woodbury's 10 Best Things I Heard in 2012 -Top 10 Reissues and Compilations of 2012 -Top Five 2012 Heavy Releases In Phoenix -That Was 2012 Wr ... More >>

Lauren Farrah Is "Queen of Odd Jobs" But Finds Songwriting to Be Her Calling

Ethnic Studies at TUSD on the Ropes Till Federal Judge Rules

Los Tigres del Norte, apparently not to Judge Kowal's liking...Is there any doubt save in the most muddled of noggins that Arizona's Latino population continues to dwell beneath the bootheel of a hostile political class made up almost entirely of Anglos?Yes, the successful recall of the state's top ... More >>

Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls at Rhythm Room, 10/10/11 (VIDEO)

Photos and video by Melissa FossumFrank Turner​Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls Rhythm Room Monday, October 10, 2011 A sold-out, super energetic Monday night show is somewhat of a rarity in Phoenix (or, you know, anywhere). British punk/folkie Frank Turner had no problem selling out Rhyth ... More >>

Tag, You're Art: Local Street Artists Are Tagging Over Murals and Calling It Art

Norah Jones at Dodge Theatre: Hmmm... Just So-So

​"This place is BIG," said Norah Jones in a self-effacing way to the nearly packed house at Dodge Theatre. The way she delivered the statement made it sound like she wasn't worthy of playing such a fancy concert hall. Turns out it was half-true. Wearing an electric-green dress and yellow pumps, ... More >>

Zooey Deschanel and Three Other Jazz Singers Who Just Can't Sing

Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh

​Today marks the arrival of Erykah Badu's second part of her New Amerykah series, New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh. Gone are the political overtones of Part One, replaced with a lighter, sweeter side of Badu, featuring songs about relationships and love.Part Two also employs a more a ... More >>

Matthew Reveles: A Glass of Whiskey and Some Sad-Bastard Music Are All He Needs

Future Shock: Soulfly, Madeleine Peyroux, New Kids on the Block, and more

Ash Reiter and the Power of Positive Thinking @ Carly’s Bistro, Monday, November 5

Man of Steel

Jon Rauhouse gives his music the ol' iPod shuffle

Drag-Stars

Drag diva Barbra Seville and her ab-fab cross-dressing queens vamp the night away at Wink's.

(N)ice Age

Album Leaf's down-to-earth Jimmy LaValle recorded his latest ambient work in Sigur Ròs' frosty Iceland and lived to tell about it

Memphix Rising

Chad Weekley and his Memphix label bring the funk

American Expression

Festival fetes Native arts

Original Soul

This time, it's personal: Our look back at an intimate year in music.

Jolie Holland

Catalpa (Anti-)

Dark Impulses

At night, downtown Phoenix is a ghost town – except for a few bright spots

Reality Patsy

Hee Haw meets Survivor, and Phoenix Patsy Cline impersonator Tasha Valentine is caught in the middle

Dinah Might

The Black Theatre Troupe banks on the strength of a blues singer's popularity

Report Card

Spielberg's Minority Report gets good grades until the end

Scaling Denali

A young Richmond band just might lift its struggling label out of the emo rut

Oto So Far

The band behind the Japanese name reclaims the spotlight from its departed front woman

Down So Long

Morose singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel delivers his best solo record, informed by -- gasp! -- upbeat electronica

He Got Rhythm

Ken Burns wants you to know why Jazz is America's music

Critical Mass

Even with impending Willennium looming, 1999 proved to be a banner year for music

BYOB Hope

Noonraker

Bright Bites, Big City

Nomads Land

Bisbee's idyllic Shady Dell trailer park offers nostalgia--with a hitch

Calendar for the week

Masked Marvels

Nashville's Los Straitjackets wrestle with the limitations of instrumental rock

Recordings

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Black Moon Rising

Tucson's Black Moon Graffiti waxes large with a hip-hop/funk mlange that always comes correct @

Want Some Candye?

From blue movies to blues diva, Candye Kane did it her way

Pic Hits for the week

Dr. Cynic's Revenge

Beat Angel Brian Smith's 10 Greatest Atrocities in '96

Pic Hits for the week

The Gospel Truth

THE CD EQUATION REVEALED THEY RECORD'EM, WE REVIEW'EM

THE ART OF NOISE IF MUSIC HAD A LOUVRE, AUSTIN'S ED HALL WOULD BE HUNG

RIFF AND READ

THE VOICE THAT TIME FORGOT

TONY BENNETT HAS OUTLASTED THE COMPETITION BY TAKING IT SLO-O-O-W