RnB/Soul / Jazz/Blues / Rock

The eponymous debut album by The Soul Of John Black, the group fronted by John "JB" Bigham and co-produced by Chris Thomas, earned rave reviews in the Wall Street Journal, Interview, Blender, Billboard and New Yorker magazine. Rolling Stone hailed it as "amazing (the harbinger of)- a whole new brand of soul." The album introduced Bigham's songwriting expertise and unique guitar technique on acoustic, electric and slide as well as his gritty, openhearted vocal style. Its soul, hip-hop, funk and Afrobeat influences established Bigham as an adventurous artist, a man who wasn't afraid to take risks in pursuit of his ...

Rock / Alternative/Indie

Halfway through the performance of a new song, "Charm Offensive," Chris Snyder, the frontman of The States, a New York-based rock act, lets go of his guitar and reaches out past the microphone, as if seeking a deeper connection to the crowd. It is a Wednesday night and the hour is nearing eleven-not the best hour to be onstage for an up-and-coming band. Given the circumstances, you'd expect him to be gesturing towards an empty room. Yet the first thing you notice during the band's recent show at The Annex, a venue on the Lower East Side, is the size ...

Rock / Jam Band / Blues

The Stitch. Fresh, innovative rock and roll: a garage band that brews up a fresh new mix every night and a jam band that always finds a way home.

The Stone Coyotes are a bare-bones rock family trio.

Barbara Keith began her career as a folksinger at Greenwich Village's Caf Wha?, the hallowed dive where Dylan, Hendrix, and many others got their start.

Barbara's songs have been covered by such diverse artists as Tanya Tucker, Barbara Streisand. Delaney and Bonnie, Melanie, Hank Snow and Lowell George. "The Bramble and the Rose" has become a folk standard.

Her husband Doug Tibbles was a TV writer for such shows as "The Munsters", "Bewitched", "Andy Griffith", "My Three Sons", "Family Affair", and many ...

Rock

Be careful with The Surefire Way. Their first CD, "Ask Me For More", will get in your head faster than you thought possible. With just one listen, your toes will tap, your head will bop and a smile will cross your face. On the second listen, you'll find yourself singing along. After that, it's too late. Each of the songs is in your head, crossing into your consciousness when you least expect it. You'll find yourself singing "Goin' Down" while on your way to work, or "Good Stuff" when you're taking a shower. And when "Brazilian Eyes" comes on, you'll ...

Garage Rock / Psychedelic / Radio Pop

Beneath the abandoned coal mines of Scranton, Pennsylvania, lies The SW!MS' "Hall of Fierce Desire". During the summer of 2006, singer/song alchemist Brian Langan hovered over his cauldron in the great hall concocting yet another potion to heal the masses. Tossing in elements of fantasy, rock and roll, '60s psych, heaps of pop and some modern brain, he then added the essential rare items only he and his Sw!ms have obtained...FALCONRY! WIZARDRY! CHIVALRY! NICERY! HEAPERY! ROMANCERY! HABERDASHERY! ARCHERY! and ITEMRY! With a stir of his bow and a verse of his song, the new potion was then complete! "Men, raise ...