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Sinkane: Born-Again Collaborator

Sinkane: Born-Again Collaborator

Mike Greenhaus on May 15, 2024
Photo: Dani Barbieri *** The summer before the onset of the global pandemic, Burna Boy played Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Prospect Park Bandshell, and the experience warped Ahmed Gallab’s mind. “It was the hottest day of the year, and he walked out like a complete rock star,” says Gallab, who performs under the moniker Sinkane. “His band […]
Reflections: Crowded House

Reflections: Crowded House

Larson Sutton on May 13, 2024
The mid-March, Monday morning sunlight brightens in the window, casting a renewing glow behind Neil Finn. The New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician is at his home in Auckland, sitting in the tastefully appointed room where he wrote many of the songs that grace Gravity Stairs, the upcoming album from his iconic pop-rock group, Crowded House. […]
Blackberry Smoke: The Other Side of the Light

Blackberry Smoke: The Other Side of the Light

Dean Budnick on May 10, 2024
photo: Andy Sapp *** “I can still remember the first time we heard a Blackberry Smoke song on the radio,” vocalist/guitar player Charlie Starr recalls. “We were on tour in a van up in Wisconsin. I took a picture, not even with a cellphone, because nobody’s phone had a camera on it back then. I […]