April 26, 2008 - While the streetcars, buses and subways ground to a halt due to a city-wide strike by transit workers outside in the heart of Chinatown, inside the century-old El Mocambo, the few who found alternative...
April 25, 2008 - A night after appearing on The Late Show with David Letterman, sassy Canadian rocker Kathleen Edwards - who fuses a shit-kicking attitude with finely-crafted songs - returned to Toronto for an energetic homecoming....
April 18, 2008 -
The red-brick walls of the intimate club provided an ideal setting for an evening of diverse roots rock sounds as two of the hottest young acts in Americana music, Justin Townes Earle and The Felice...
April 10, 2008 - Chandler Holt, banjo player for Chatham County Line, admitted after the show that he was a bit concerned about playing at Club Passim. After all, this was renowned for decades as a folk club, and his...
April 8, 2008 - Kathy Mattea enjoyed a very successful recording career with a bunch of hits under her belt from the mid-'80s to the late '90s. The West Virginian's star wasn't what it once was - the...
April 6, 2008 - Josh Turner, fresh off from touring arenas with Carrie Underwood, looked relaxed and confident as he came onstage at the club despite having broken his foot while playing basketball a few days before the show....
April 5, 2008 - Whatever the setup - rock band, full orchestra, solo - it works just fine for Alejandro Escovedo, whose haunting, singular voice is quite enough to rope an audience. On this night, an early acoustic show done by 8:30 p....
April 3, 2008 - What do you get when you combine the dizzying guitar skills of Jedd Hughes, the blissful vocals of Sarah Buxton and Lari White, the writing chops of Dave Barnes and Chuck Cannon, and a bit of alcoholic...
April 3, 2008 - Song lovers (and writers, and pluggers) showed up in force as hit songwriter Brett James ("Blessed" for Martina McBride "Jesus Take the Wheel" for Carrie Underwood) and friends took the stage....
April 1, 2008 - Going your own way is not so easy after being intimately tied with a band for so many years. Just ask Mick Jagger how successful is solo career has been sans his Stones.
The Jayhawks are no longer...
