Author Archives: Dominick Duhamel

Eddie Argos is out to save rock and roll. Here’s why: Armed with little more than a decent speaking voice, an album with only three songs passing the three-minute mark, and a complete disregard for what qualifies music as “good” anymore, he has taken the pretentiousness of many of today’s best artists and shoved it […]

Calexico is one of the few bands still around that writes “folk music” in its original sense ““ the Arizona-based group absorbs the character of the culture around it and, with an eye on both local and national tradition, makes music that is not intended for commercial success, but is rather a portrait of a […]

Few can deny that the Internet is changing the face of music. The unshaven kid who frequents coffee shops armed only with his acoustic guitar no longer has to post fliers all over the city to attract an audience, but can simply post an Internet bulletin to let hundreds of people know. The group of […]