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Country music festival coming to Scottsdale

Country music festival coming to Scottsdale

Why Upskilling Matters

Why Upskilling Matters

Best Phoenix Concerts This Weekend: Bad Bunny Night, Nicole Moudaber, and More

By Benjamin Leatherman
Jun 25, 2021

You've got a variety of musical styles to choose from.
Dom Flemons on How His Favorite Phoenix Spots Influenced His Career

By Benjamin Leatherman
Jun 24, 2021

Including Ziggies, Stinkweeds, Encanto Park, and more.
A Field Guide to the Valley's All-Ages Venues

By Chris Coplan
Feb 19, 2020

The best venues for exploring weird art, whether you're 16 or 65.
Calexico and Iron & Wine: A More Perfect Union

By Amy Young
Aug 14, 2019

The 14-year wait was worth it.
Run Boy Run's Grace Rolland Steps Out on Her Own With Rising Sun Daughter EP

By Gerrit Feenstra
May 15, 2019

“Good music is worth something.”
The Cactus Blossoms Shine on Independent New LP Easy Way

By Gerrit Feenstra
Apr 29, 2019

David Lynch's favorite country band stops in Phoenix.
The Mississippi Records Tour Is Coming To Phoenix

By Ashley Naftule
Jan 8, 2019

Crate-diggers, get your cash ready.
Folksy Duo Of Sea and Stone Come to Valley Bar May 20

By Amy Young
May 19, 2018

Luke and Morgan Dierker met on Tinder, married and make sweet, sad music together.
How The Lone Bellow Weathered the Storm

By Jason Keil
Feb 28, 2018

Zach Williams on finding balance, Walk into a Storm, and moving to Nashville.
The 10 Best Concerts in Phoenix This Week

By Phoenix New Times
Jul 17, 2017

It wouldn't be summer in the Valley without a few nostalgia tours and bands from back in the day rolling through town. Such is the case this week, which offers performances by Hall & Oates, Tears for Fears, Third Eye Blind, Chris Isaak, and Earth, Wind & Fire at venues...
Why Jay Farrar of Son Volt Is Digging into Blues Music History

By Amy Young
Apr 27, 2017

“There’s just still so much that I’m always discovering,” he says.
Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson Have More In Common Than You Think

By Gwendolyn Elliott
Oct 14, 2016

While the new generation may ask, without irony, who’s Bob Dylan? And, who cares about Willie Nelson? Many of us know it wasn’t always this way. Once, there was an era that hung on Dylan’s every move, and when the folk singer eventually retired as the protest voice of his day,...
Legendary Shack Shakers Have Impressed a Lot of Famous Musicians

By Garyn Klasek
Sep 15, 2015

It’s surprising how much attention a band can get for playing the music they love. Nashville’s Legendary Shack Shakers are no strangers to this. The southern gothic rockabilly act goes above and beyond much of those genres to throw down their captivating version of hillbilly blues-rock. Over the years, the...
The Mavericks Strip Down for Mono

By Jason P. Woodbury
May 11, 2015

Bursting out of a musically diverse scene in Miami in the early '90s, The Mavericks found crossover success with a roadworthy blend of Latin rhythms, classic country, and a liberal dose of rockabilly attitude. Led by songwriter and vocalist Raul Malo, the band's currently enjoying a creative renaissance. The band's...
8 Phoenix Bands Who Entered NPR's Tiny Desk Contest

By Jeff Moses
Feb 5, 2015

Adele, T Pain, John Legend, Wilco, Trey Anastasio, Cat Stevens, Jackson Browne, The B.O.T.S., Trampled By Turtles, Hozier, The Pixies, and Neko Case are just a few of the notable bands and musicians that have participated in National Public Radio's Tiny Desk Concert Series. The concept is pretty simple and...
Brothers Landreth Make Great Southern Rock, Despite Being Canadian

By Glenn BurnSilver
Nov 3, 2014

The story is not altogether unfamiliar: A couple guys get together to play music, tour the folk festival circuit and have a little fun. Suddenly, the duo becomes a full band, a song gets significant radio attention, and record labels come knocking. That's part of the back-story for Canadian bluesy...
How Houndmouth Escaped Nowhere, Indiana

By Glenn BurnSilver
Sep 18, 2014

A sense of time and place inhabits Houndmouth. Rippled with various shades of Americana, as much is evident in the song titles--"Houston Train," "Come On, Illinois," "On The Road," "Halfway to Hardinsburg"--along with the telling locales--jail, lonesome highways, dark hovels, trains and buses--frequented by song characters. Given that Houndmouth hails...
Howlin' Brothers: Americana String Band Heads to Nashville and Learns How to Dance

By Jason P. Woodbury
Jun 24, 2013

On Nashville-via-New York string trio the Howlin' Brothers' debut record, Howl, the band doesn't "re-create" a specific moment in Americana music so much as run wild and wooly through great big landscapes of it. Recorded by Brendan Benson (the Raconteurs, The Maine) for his Readymade Records imprint, Ben Plasse (upright...