Bonnie Raitt

Hip-Hop Hybridist Moe'Z Art Isn't Short on Ambition.

Paul Thorn on Growing up with a Pimp and a Preacher, Dean Martin, and Boxing

Stephanie ReaPaul Thorn​ Paul Thorn, a native of Tupelo, Mississippi, learned most of what he needs to know in life from his preacher father and pimp uncle. Thorn's ninth album, Pimps and Preachers, is all about the light and dark parts of life he learned about from these individuals.After a brief ... More >>

A Band of Screw-Ups at KWSS-FM Work at Waging a 100-Watt Revolution

Stephanie ReaPaul Thorn​ Paul Thorn, a native of Tupelo, Mississippi, learned most of what he needs to know in life from his preacher father and pimp uncle. Thorn's ninth album, Pimps and Preachers, is all about the light and dark parts of life he learned about from these individuals.After a brief ... More >>

The River Wild

Fun with despair

Need More to Do This Weekend? Try the Gibson Jazz & Blues Festival

Yeah, I see it, too. It's a dijeridou. Just use your own discretion this weekend.As already revealed by Martin Cizmar, this weekend holds a bevy of entertainment for the Valley. Tempe has it's annual Music Fest and Florence will cast some Country Thunder down upon the masses. If neither of those spa ... More >>

All that Jazz...and Blues

Yeah, I see it, too. It's a dijeridou. Just use your own discretion this weekend.As already revealed by Martin Cizmar, this weekend holds a bevy of entertainment for the Valley. Tempe has it's annual Music Fest and Florence will cast some Country Thunder down upon the masses. If neither of those spa ... More >>

Will Ferrell doesn’t wanna grow up in Step Brothers

Yeah, I see it, too. It's a dijeridou. Just use your own discretion this weekend.As already revealed by Martin Cizmar, this weekend holds a bevy of entertainment for the Valley. Tempe has it's annual Music Fest and Florence will cast some Country Thunder down upon the masses. If neither of those spa ... More >>

Pajama Party

You get to wear your bunny feet for this one

Foxy's Ladies

Lollypop, making your heart go giddyup

John Jorgenson

Keep your hands on the guitar while the clarinet is in motion

Okkervil River

Fun with despair

The Thrifty Ear

Spend no more than $10 on music this week

John Hiatt

Forced to keep it real

Charlie Musselwhite

All he needs is a good blues nickname

Slay Bells

Santa bangs his head at the Clubhouse

Vote for Change Tour

Activism, schmactivism: where's the real rock?

John Hiatt

Veteran songwriter sings his own

Dark Impulses

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

John Hiatt and the Goners

Beneath This Gruff Exterior (New West)

Various Artist

It'll Come to You: The Songs of John Hiatt (Vanguard)

Pig Roast

Political party celebrates Sheriff Joe's sweet 70

Shelby Lynne

Love, Shelby (Island)

Sax Relief

Gumbo rewrites the tax code with the latest batch of jazz, blues and heritage releases

Forbidden Fruit

The kiddies should be lining up as we slap a parental advisory on the latest batch of jazz, blues and heritage releases

Fortunate One

Back with what may be his best album, Texas treasure Delbert McClinton looks back on five decades of music making

Gotta Have the Phunk

Valley rap-rock pioneers return with a new record

Emerald Guile

Exploring a variety of the world's folk traditions with daring aplomb, the Chieftains continue to draw on a musical well that looks as if it may never run dry

Bop the Question

Drawing insight from the month's best in jazz, blues and heritage, Gumbo answers readers' nagging queries

Hey, Joe!

Gumbo lines up the most wanted in jazz, blues and heritage

No Lag in the Hag

Merle Haggard makes a triumphant return. Wait -- he never went away.

Native Blues

Indigenous joins the tribe of rock 'n' roll

Smooth Blues Brown

R&B pioneer Charles Brown dies, following a golden decade of career rejuvenation

Mose's Better Blues

A trip to Long Island reveals an Allison wonderland

Night & Day

July 23 - 29, 1998

You Go, Girls!

July 23 - 29, 1998

Night & Day

May 21 - 27, 1998

Night & Day

April 16 - 22, 1998

Calendar for the week

April 16 - 22, 1998

Indian Uprising

Native rocker Keith Secola is big in Europe and on the rez, but scarcely known on the hometown scene

The Artist Formerly Known As Popular

Native rocker Keith Secola is big in Europe and on the rez, but scarcely known on the hometown scene

Pic Hits for the week

Native rocker Keith Secola is big in Europe and on the rez, but scarcely known on the hometown scene

Ribber, Phoenix

Native rocker Keith Secola is big in Europe and on the rez, but scarcely known on the hometown scene

Recordings

Native rocker Keith Secola is big in Europe and on the rez, but scarcely known on the hometown scene

Mussel Man

Charlie Musselwhite: Bootlegger turned exterminator turner harp player extraordinaire

TAPES IN THE MAIL

Charlie Musselwhite: Bootlegger turned exterminator turner harp player extraordinaire

FELIX THE WONDERFUL CAVALIERE

THE YOUNG RASCAL GROWS UP TO ADULT CONTEMPORARY. BUT HIS SOUL REMAINS PURE.

NEW RELEASES FROM THE DESERT

THE YOUNG RASCAL GROWS UP TO ADULT CONTEMPORARY. BUT HIS SOUL REMAINS PURE.

THE BEST OF NINETEEN NINETY TUNE

THE YOUNG RASCAL GROWS UP TO ADULT CONTEMPORARY. BUT HIS SOUL REMAINS PURE.

JAMS TO THE WORLD

A STOCKINGFUL OF JOYFUL NOISES AND TANNEN-BOMBS

RIFF AND READ

A STOCKINGFUL OF JOYFUL NOISES AND TANNEN-BOMBS

VICTOR OF CIRCUMSTANCESDELBERT MCCLINTON IS FINALLY ROCKING ENOUGH

A STOCKINGFUL OF JOYFUL NOISES AND TANNEN-BOMBS