Walking up Nashville’s lower Broadway on the way to a showcase for Grace Adele & The Grand Band, it was clear it would be standing room only in Robert’s Western World. Phil Harris, of pH Balanced Recordings, and Grammy-winning engineer, put on a party April 14 showcasing a whole lot of talent where the room [...]
July 8, 2012
Janet Hansen
In The Spotlight
Here are a few of our favorite albums from 2011… The Dears – Degeneration Street I’ve been a moderate fan of the Dears for a while but they never really grabbed me until this album. Lots of great tracks – in particular Blood really gets me going. Tiny Man is quite excellent also. Peter, Bjorn [...]
April 22, 2012
Marc Quigley
In The Spotlight, Reviews
Properly applied, a thick layer of reverb can really set a mood. Dense, lethargic and psychedelic with a pulsating groove, like the part of a movie soundtrack where the protagonist visits an opium den and journeys to another perceptual realm. That’s the vibe of exactly half of the 4-song HoZac 7″ from The Band in [...]
April 16, 2012
Marc Quigley
In The Spotlight, Reviews