Jul 18, 2018
Maybe you've enjoyed one or both of Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite's collaborative albums (No Mercy In This Land is out this summer). Maybe you weren't aware of them. Or maybe the thought of this pairing -- two artists of different generations -- was a bit of a head-scratcher.Anti Records has got...
May 17, 2018
Studio Verse is a Tomorrows Verse feature that collects the best television and radio station recording sessions from our favorite musicians. In todays edition, we explore a collection of acoustic sessions from various genres that have surfaced recently. By: Alex WoodSt. Vincent - KEXPSongwriter Annie Clark shed the electronic sound and backing tracks from her...
Apr 3, 2018
Watch some of Tomorrows Verses favorite bands hit the promotional, late-night television circuit. By: Alex Wood1. Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite on The Late Late Show with James CordenAfter releasing another excellent set of blues songs, No Mercy In This Land, guitarist Ben Harper and harmonica expert Charlie Musselwhite performed a track on The Late...
Mar 30, 2018
As every Friday brings new music, Tomorrow's Verse brings you our top picks for the week. Here are our favorite records from March 30.By: Alex WoodBen Harper & Charlie Musselwhite No Mercy In This LandAfter winning a Grammy for 2013s Get Up!, Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite team up once more for No Mercy In...
Mar 15, 2018
Watch some of Tomorrows Verses favorite artists hit the promotional, late-night television circuit. 1. David Byrne on The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTalking Heads songwriter David Byrne recently began his massive world tour in promotion of American Utopia, and stopped by Colberts show for an appropriately weird performance and interview. The choreographed song features Byrne and...
Jul 20, 2017
By: Philamojaro StudioBen Harper and the Innocent Criminals headlined The 37th Annual Taste of Chicago along with Passion Pit, The O'Jays, Caf Tacvba and Alessia Cara.A treasured institution for decades, the diverse program is free to the public, and the musical line up represented a cultural cross section as varied as...
May 2, 2017
Festival Watch is a Tomorrows Verse feature where we break down festival news into the facts you need to know.Taste Of Chicago, taking place July 5-9, has announced its full music lineup at Petrillo Music Shell and a separate Bud Light Stage. Headliners To WatchBen Harper & The Innocent Criminals Eclectic singer-songwriter Ben...
May 3, 2016
Andrew Bird- Are You Serious [4/1]After a series of folk releases and experimental instrumentals, Are You Serious finds Andrew Bird going back to his older sound, but with a flare of accessibility that never existed prior. With a heavy emphasis on a percussion section of drums and bass within the production, the album strikes as...
Jul 2, 2013
Since we didn't publish our Best of 2012 list until February of 2013, I'm pleased as punch to get a jump on this post prior to July 31st -- it's our list of our best albums of the first half of the year...Many thanks to @WeirScrewed for contributing this list which I (Steve - @thebarnpresents) will...
Mar 4, 2013
Ben Harper & Charlie MusselwhiteThe Riviera TheaterMarch 3rd, 2013I Don't Believe A Word You Say, Get Up!, Blues Overtook Me, Don't Look Twice, When It's Good, She Got Kick, I'm In I'm Out and I'm Gone, Blood Side Out, I Ride At Dawn, I'm Going Home, When The Levee BreaksEncoreWe Can't End This Way, Meet...