“Nobody really wants to lose a good thing / But I see it again and again,” sings The California Honeydrops’ soulful lead vocalist Lech Wierzynkski, floating above the Bay Area R&B-tinged sound he and his band have become loved for over their last fourteen years together. “Nothing At All,” the latest single from the Honeydrops’ upcoming album Soft Spot, rides a mid-tempo groove with elements of Allen Touissant’s New Orleans-y arrangements, George Benson’s laid-back vibe, and sweet, high vocals a la Curtis Mayfield ballads.

In October 2001, we celebrated our inaugural Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion music festival, 74 years after the legendary 1927 Bristol Sessions created the "Big Bang of Country Music." Those recordings revolutionized the country music industry and forever changed the landscape of American music.

Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?, the highly anticipated new album from Tyler Childers and his longtime band The Food Stamps, will be released September 30 on Hickman Holler Records/RCA Records (pre-save/pre-order here).

From the recent Grammy successes of Jon Batiste and Lost Bayou Ramblers to the explosion of Chapel Hart onto the national stage and the rising chatter around emerging artists Lilli Lewis and Joy Clark, the Americana music of New Orleans-based and  Louisiana-born performers is commanding attention. The Crescent City is exporting  more than the funk and jazz music it’s known for, and the birthplace of America’s music  is ripe with unique Americana voices.

Goth music fans descended on the majestic YouTube Theater for a rare performance by electronic music pioneers Soft Cell. Along with a handful of other experimental pioneers in the genre, like Gary Numan and Depeche Mode, Soft Cell helped create the music that would become the soundtrack of the 1980’s new wave dance music genre.