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| Andy & Aaron will be playing songs from their new Captains of Everything album "Avast and Belay" tonight from 6 pm to 8 pm. |
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Andy Maize & Aaron Comeau launch new Captains of Everything LP @ Cameron House, Wednesday
Eleni Mandell previews forthcoming Tailspin album with "Music and Motion"
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| Eleni Mandell's long overdue new album Tailspin will be released on May 29th. Check out the video for the first single "Music and Motion" below. |
Writes Eleni...
"Hello!!!!! I made a new record, and I just dropped my new single, "Music and Motion."
I'm so, so, so, so excited!
It's been 7 years since I released a full-length album, and this is my first single from it - Tailspin will be out in the world May 29th, and I am beyond thrilled to share this project with you.
We are living through such tough times. I hope this song will sprinkle a little joy into your lives!
Go stream the hell out of my latest release, "Music and Motion", wherever you stream music, and grab the pre-order link for the new album right here: https://www.elenimandell.com/."
Check out the video clip for the first single "Music and Motion" directed by Manny Marquez below.
Credits:
Written by Eleni Mandell
Directed by Manny Marquez
Cinematography by Rod Hassler
a School Kids Records Release 2026
Produced by Sheldon Gomberg, Eleni, and Steve Gregoropoulos
Engineered by Mirza Sheriff
Mixed by Paul Figueroa
Mastered by Mark Chalecki at Little Red Book Mastering
Eleni on guitar, Steve on keyboards and drum machine
Danny Frankel on drums
Nigel Harrison on bass
Inara George on backing vocals
Becky Stark and Eleni on additional backing vocals
Happy 70th Birthday Tim Kerr!
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| Raising a glass to musician and visual artist Tim Kerr on his 70th! Here's an interview and clips from his new Up Around The Sun album Water Valley. |
Writes Tim Kerr...
There is a lot of travel coming up this year but between the state of the U.S. right now with the rest of the world , and my health issues at the moment ( annoying but not stopping me), I am hoping that we WILL get to travel . I am really looking forward to Japan again in October.Before that there is music and art in L.A. (mid May school murals and music), New Orleans (first weekend of June), and Lilydale (end of July). I have, and have had a rare skin cancer on my right side for years called mycosis fungoides that got worse and now painful the last half of last year, and then pancreatitis on top of that at the end of last year, so its been a balancing act of treatments going into this year. Getting old is cool but sorta sucks too (big smile)
Still sliding when I can on water and cement , painting most every day , and playing acoustic "wooden music" with friends. Super excited about the Kneeboards with Picnic. This time next year I will have a book coming out on Akashic which I am honored and grateful for the opportunity . I have been told that the Big Boys doc is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel so fingers crossed . Joe and Andrew nailed down a great story line and what I have seen footage wise looks good. Poison 13's first LP will be a reissue on vinyl in a couple of months on Laundromat Records. As I have said many times before , as much as I have gotten to see and do , I hope I haven't seen the best thing yet . I wave the flag Outlier proudly that I have been called and as always John Coltrane! John Coltrane!! John Coltrane!!! Still with Beth as it should be . Hug and celebrate your friends and chosen family while they are here NOW.
Here are links if you might want any art from me or music that I am a part of ..... you will be supporting good friends/chosen family of mine , and me if you choose to do so (smile) One foot in front of the other.70! Here we go ....
https://www.webbartgallery.com/tim-kerr
https://www.peel.gallery/tim-kerr
https://dialbacksound.com/products/up-around-the-sun-water-valley-lp-on-140g-black-vinyl
Cincy folk duo The Montvales preview new album with "World Of Trouble"
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| The Montvales will be playing songs from their new Path of Totality album at The Horseshoe March 11. Hazel & Alice fans take note! |
Here's the scoop...
Conceived under eclipsed skies, The Montvales' third album Path of Totality unites the vast American diaspora into one collective and cosmic tapestry. Inspired by the long tradition of radical country and folk artists, longtime friends Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson use their passion for literature and storytelling to craft an album that reckons with the current global fever pitch.
The album’s 12 introspective, thematically and sonically layered tracks chart a transformative pilgrimage through an inextricably connected world. A woman desperate to save her community from a gas pipeline in “Plains of Ohio,” a devout grandmother traveling across the world to Yugoslavia in search of the Virgin Mary in “Our Lady,” and a trouble-making Bible College misfit in “Loud and Clear” are just a few of the archetypes listeners meet. Molly Rochelson recently spoke with KLOFmag journalist Alex Gallacher about The Montvales' experience on tour across the U.S. in 2024 which inspired many of the songs on the new album:
“It was an extremely surreal experience,” recently recalled Rochelson, “Across the country, student uprisings called attention to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, demanding that their universities divest from Israel and weapons manufacturing. The same universities where students in the 60’s had protested the Vietnam war, under the same series of Aries and Libra eclipses we were currently experiencing. We were about to play the Old Quarter in Galveston, and I thought about Townes and Guy Clark and what it meant to be in this role of traveling stranger and cultural witness during such catastrophic times. I wondered what would become of us, both personally and collectively. I wrote this one on an early morning outside of Galveston, staring across the bay and trying to capture how punchdrunk I felt.”
The Cincinnati-based duo started out busking on Market Square in Knoxville, TN. Twenty years on, the duo opted for a bigger sound and with the help of producer Mike Eli LoPinto (Chris Stapleton, Emily Nenni), result is a bonafide, left-of-centre indie country record. Path of Totality does not shy away from the weight of political strife and catastrophe, opting instead to boldly confront it, bringing to bear the power to unite us all.
The Montvales' Path Of Totality is out March 20th via Free Dirt Records. You can pre-order a CD copy directly from the label right here. Check out a few performances following the tracklisting below. Advance tickets for The Montvales' Toronto show at The Horseshoe on March 11 are $14.50 – get 'em right here. Tell a friend!
Path Of Totality
1. World of Trouble
2. Hellbent on Colorado
3. Loud and Clear
4. Carolina
5. The Wicked
6. Plains of Ohio
7. Cincinnati
8. Runaway Horse
9. Overtime
10. Funeral Singer
11. Our Lady
12. Eastern Bluebird
KLOFmag.com The Montvales share "World Of Trouble"
That time Montreal's Paupière performed live on KEXP in 2017
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| Check out Paupière featuring Éliane Préfontaine, Julia Daigle & Pierre-Luc Bégin (not shown) live at Breakglass Studios in 2017. |
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
R.I.P. Augie Meyers of Sir Douglas Quintet & Texas Tornados
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| Sadly, Augie Meyers of the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados has passed away at the age of 85. He'll be greatly missed. |
J.D. McPherson's unsettling score for FX series The Lowdown gets released
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| Check out J.D. McPherson's score for the Ethan Hawke series The Lowdown following a trailer and interview clips. |
Here's the scoop from J.D. McPherson...
My score for Season 1 of The Lowdown on FX Networks is out today!
Harjo / Noir / Tulsa are three nouns collected together which might cause anyone’s wig to flip in general, but mine in particular. When Sterlin Harjo invited me to produce the music for a Noir set in my birthplace of Tulsa, Oklahoma, I could not have been more thrilled. Tulsa is a truly unusual city made up of Art Deco architectural masterpieces casting long shadows over storied honky tonks, cars zooming around with tribal license plates, coney shops, and a rich, living history of jazz, funk, blues, country, western swing, and art rock. There’s a diverse cast of REAL characters everywhere you look. I knew that with Sterlin at the helm, the show would be an earnest love letter to Tvlse.
Thank you x1,000,000 to Sterlin for his trust and support, the kind folks at FX Networks and thank you to the incredible post production team ESPECIALLY my right hand, teacher, and runnin’ buddy during this experience, Emily Kwong, Music Editor Emily Kwong 🌞
Listen while you make your third cup of joe!
And…. If you haven’t watched The Lowdown yet…. GET AFTER IT, HOSS!
Season 2 is in production!!!
More to come!
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