Human Condition

In her latest album, "Bring it on Home," singer-songwriter Joan Osbourne has compiled a potent and celebratory brew of vintage blues, R&B and soul, making the most of the voice the New York Times hailed as "angelic ecstasy and sexual abandon."Read More

At one point I lose a question just letting the Scottish expressiveness flow over me smooth as a single malt. Read More

John Mellencamp may have made his name cutting heartland hits like "Jack and Diane" and "Pink Houses," but he also turns to painting to express himself. Read More

Strains of Stan Kenton's music fill a large, open studio on the ninth floor of the Merchants Bank building in downtown Indianapolis. Read More

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 05/07/12 -- A compelling new original from acclaimed singer-songwriter/storyteller, Rondi Charleston, Your Spirit Lingers, will be available on May 10th, in honor of Mother's Day, as a single download from Charleston's celebrated Motèma Music debut album, Who Knows Where The Time Goes, on iTunes and other Internet stores. Read More

Six Feet Under vocalist Chris Barnes is scheduled to call my cell phone for an interview to discuss the new album Undead. Read More

It's hard to think of any city on the face of the planet that casts a larger shadow over the career of an aspiring folk-rooted singer-songwriter than Okemah, Okla., the town where 23-year-old musician John Fullbright was born and raised, and which -- 100 years ago come July 14 -- was the birthplace of one Woody Guthrie. Read More

For years, Mickey " Dean Ween " Melchiondo was the unofficial spokesman for Ween , the twisted '90s alt-rock duo that evolved over two decades from recording sick pop songs on four-track machines to headlining rock festivals as one of the finest live groups of its era. Read More

Dutch avant-pop composer Jacob Ter Veldhuis thinks of himself as a beachcomber who strolls the shoreline looking for objects of interest or value. Read More

When I saw him perform twice last year, both sets were distinctly different, but both succeeded in affecting a certain aboriginal feeling in my body, by way of subsonic frequencies or animal instincts or what-have-you, and bypassed my natural inclination to be turned off by what I would normally call sanctimonious presentations in a performance context. Read More