Year in music: 2020 albums If there’s one upside to this year, it’s the number of albums we’ve received from some of the biggest and best in the business. It seemed that with Covid-19 forcing everyone to postpone or cancel their tours and festival appearances, it gave them more timeRead More →
ten Brandee Younger and Dezron Douglas – Force Majeure Recorded during lockdown in the couple’s New York apartment, Force Majeure (named after the fine print of a contract referring to extraordinary events, such as a global pandemic) sees harpist Brandee Younger and double bassist Dezron Douglas, in duo on aRead More →
A recording studio at Q Division in Somerville, which plans to move to Cambridge. (Photo: Rafi Sofer) Q Division, a recording studio that has hosted Juliana Hatfield, the Dropkick Murphys, Merrie Amsterburg, Morphine, Letters to Cleo, James Taylor and many more, is planning a move to Cambridge. His two-decade runRead More →
A number of artists have delivered some of the best albums this year despite the pandemic taking its toll. The celebrities have dominated the charts and managed to deliver outstanding performances throughout the year with their albums. Songs from the albums have managed to climb Billboard’s Hot 100 list orRead More →
Most of us would like to delete many memories of 2020 as the year draws to a close. But for music lovers, this past year has been remarkably good. Forced closures, quarantines and social distancing meant there were no tours or gigs. This hit musicians’ livelihoods hard and left fansRead More →
Ah, 2020, the year of dance music’s great existential dilemma: what good is music made for the club at a time when the club doors are locked indefinitely? Some of us turned to our headphones, enjoying alone what we used to enjoy among a crowd of thousands. Some of usRead More →
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Hometown: Gardendale, Alabama Recent project: The country pop single “Shut It Down”, Apple Music radio host The Tiera Show First artist she was obsessed with: Taylor Swift When Tiera first arrived in Nashville, Tennessee, she wondered if her career could follow Taylor Swift’s path. “I was like, I’m going toRead More →
Many Valley bands walked into Room 9 recording studios in Redlands and were greeted by Jerry Whiting. This beast of a sound engineer is responsible for much of the Coachella Valley soundtrack, as he recorded releases from Sleazy Cortez, Captain Ghost, Robotic Humans and others. For more information, visit www.room9recording.com.Read More →
It’s that time of year again when, as an editor, I have the joy of selecting my favorite Top 100 Folk Music Albums of 2020 which have been covered on Folk Radio UK by our team over the past year. Of course, as all of the albums featured on FolkRead More →