Tag: The Strange Boys

After a dozen years of keeping us waiting, Mariachi El Bronx returns horns a-blazin’.

It’s unseasonably warm, not like you’d be able to walk around in a T-shirt, but definitely not the type of weather you’d expect of the Grand Valley in February. It makes a perfect setting for The Barr Brothers and their urgent machinations. I remembered to get my hat, not that I need it.

The effervescent jangle of German trio A Tale of Golden Keys is intricately engineered to make your ears ask “what was that?”

It’s easy to suspect Ray LaMontagne came from a recently unearthed time capsule documenting the folkie scene of half a century ago.

Soul jazz ensemble The Greyboy Allstars have been around so long they have grown into their name.

The world of Khruangbin is made up of velvet sunsets, shimmering dunes, and cool river rocks. There’s also a guitar, some drums, and a bass. And lately, vocals.

Well into their third decade, G. Love and Special Sauce still sound like they are in no particular hurry to get there.