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On the Madcap “Leaving the Light,” Genre-Defying Artist Genesis Owusu Powers His Own Creative Forcefield

By Matthew Shaw

The precarity is palpable on “Leaving the Light,” the lead single from Ghanaian-Australian artist Genesis Owusu’s sophomore album STRUGGLER (August 18 on Ourness/AWAL). Though he’s currently enjoying a charmed-kind-of buzz in indie and alternative circles, paranoia and persecution abound on “Leaving the Light,” which is paired with an equally maniacal (and darkly gorgeous) video by Aotearoa New Zealand artist Lisa …

In this article: best new music, Genesis Owusu, Get Inspired, Leaving the Light, New music, STRUGGLER and video

On “Foreign Rain,” Jax Goth-Rockers Glass Chapel Channel ’80s Synth-Pop

By Daniel A. Brown

The new single from Duval goth-rockers Glass Chapel is ‘80s dourness to the max. Band member Jake Phillips acknowledges that “Foreign Rain” is “inspired by Gary Numan and Cold Cave.” And from the icy keyboard tones, disaffected vocals drenched in reverb, not to mention a definite Peter Hook-infused bass-guitar outro, the tune surely paints within the parameters of dark wave …

In this article: Foreign Rain, Glass Chapel, goth, jacksonville, local music, Local Spotlight, New music, review, rock and synth

Jazz Returns to the Jacksonville Symphony

By Shelton Hull

The Jacksonville Symphony has long specialized in offering their music in contexts designed to appeal to people who aren’t necessarily hardcore classical fans, and that has proven key to their success in an era that has been challenging, at best, for the symphony business overall. They’ve dabbled extensively in jazz in the past, but June’s Jazz at the Jacksonville Symphony …

In this article: american, concert, Duke Ellington, florida, jacksonville, Jacksonville Symphony, James Jenkins and jazz

Little Moon | Tiny Desk Concert

When 2023’s Tiny Desk Contest winner Little Moon arrived at NPR, outward expressions of joy overshadowed the inner bundle of nerves this Springville, Utah band felt. The group’s winning song, “wonder eye,” unanimously wowed our contest judges Sharon Van Etten, Baby Rose, Sudan Archives and Albina Cabrera. Tiny Desk senior producer Bobby Carter and I, also judges, were in awe …

In this article: 2023, Emma Hardyman, Little Moon, Nathan Hardyman, NPR Music, Tiny Desk Contest and winner

Best Concerts in Jacksonville | May 29 – June 4

Sierra Ferrell, Kane Brown, Jazz at the Symphony and more

Our weekly Go concert recommendations are updated every Monday morning and are always available on jaxmusic.org. For the comprehensive list of this week’s concerts, go to our live music calendar page. Singer-Songwriter Sierra Ferrell – Friday, June 2 PV Concert Hall | Ponte Vedra West Virginia-native, the eclectic singer-songwriter Sierra Ferrell plays the PV Concert Hall on Friday. Watch | Tickets | Map Pop-Country …

In this article: Chalooby, concerts, jacksonville, Kane Brown, Live music, PV Concert Hall, Sierra Ferrell and St. Augustine Amphitheatre

New Music Friday | The best releases out on May 26

The Chicago rapper Lil Durk returns this week with Almost Healed, a sometimes searing, sometimes tender examination of his life after years of loss and survival. On this week’s episode of New Music Friday, we dig into the music, talk about the pain that informs it and how Lil Durk has entered a new period of growth as an artist. …

In this article: Arlo Parks, best releases, Gia Margaret, Kassa Overall, Lil Durk, May 26, New music and NPR Music

Four Things I Learned at Shaky Knees 2023

By Carissa Marques

In May, I got to cover the Shaky Knees Music Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the biggest indie-inclined fests in the Southeast. The festival was celebrating its tenth anniversary, bringing in headliners like The Killers, Muse, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Flaming Lips; Shaky Knees’ first-ever headliner, The Lumineers, also returned. And, for the first time in the festival’s …

In this article: Atlanta, Carissa Marques, Festival, New music, review and Shaky Knees 2023

Tina Turner, Rock and Roll Icon, Dead at 83

Tina Turner, a soul and rock powerhouse known for her octave-defying voice and mesmerizing stage moves, has died at the age of 83. Her death was announced in a statement on her official Facebook page, but offered no details about the cause. In her 2018 memoir, Tina Turner: My Love Story, Turner detailed a litany of health issues she had …

In this article: dead, icon, Ike Turner, news, NPR Music, obituary, rock and roll and TIna Turner

On “Howlin’,” Jacksonville’s Halfway Hounds Unleash a Primal Yowl

By Daniel A. Brown

The calamitous hindrances of musicians owning their own recording studios remain unheeded, even though the barbarous words are carved on the massive headstones that populate the graveyard of CD-ROM boxed sets and DAT tapes. On the flip, the freewheeling merits of that same boon/curse gave us the Halfway Hounds. The product of not one, but two, accomplished musicians who are …

In this article: garage rock, Halfway Hounds, jacksonville, Michael Martin, New music, review, Ryan Turk and Warehouse Studios

Kurt Cobain’s Broken Guitar Sells for Nearly $600,000

Kurt Cobain’s black Fender Stratocaster is covered in scratches and chipped wood. The names of Cobain and his former band, Nirvana, are misspelled. And the guitar itself, which was once smashed and put back together, is no longer playable. But on Saturday, the broken guitar was sold at Julien’s Auctions for a whopping $596,000 — nearly 10 times more than …

In this article: auction, Dave Grohl, Guitar, Kurt Cobain, Mark Lanegan, Nirvana, NPR Music, rock and Screaming Trees

JME Staff Picks | 2023 Jacksonville Jazz Festival

The Jacksonville Jazz Festival will return to the city’s Downtown on Memorial Day weekend, kicking off with the storied Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition at the Florida Theatre on Thursday, May 25 and continuing with three days and nights of performances on two stages in the heart of the Urban Core. The buzz on this year’s fest is that it might …

In this article: Daniel A. Brown, jacksonville, Jacksonville Jazz Festival, JME, Live music, Matthew Shaw, Shelton Hull, staff picks, Ulysses Owens Jr. and Wynton Marsalis

Longtime Duval Musician Britt Traynham Authors and Illustrates New Book, ‘Portraits In Jazz’

By Shelton Hull

Over the course of a career that’s now well into its fourth decade, the work of Britt Traynham has always been defined by a dogged diversity, and a relentless work ethic that has now taken him around the world, several times over. He currently lives in Hawaii with his wife and longtime collaborator, Lady Daisey, a veteran singer-songwriter and graphic …

In this article: author, Batsauce, book, Britt Traynham, illustrator, jacksonville, new book and Portraits in Jazz

PVRIS Shares New Single “LOVE IS A…” Ahead of Summer Show at Daily’s Place

By Scott Russell

PVRIS — the Massachusetts-originated metal band-turned-pop-rock solo project of singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Lyndsey Gunnulfsen — has a big summer in store. Ahead of a July performance in Jacksonville, she has released the latest single from her forthcoming album EVERGREEN, the darkly seductive anthem “LOVE IS A…“ “Inspired by the French phrase ‘la petite mort,’ aka the ‘little death,’” as …

In this article: Daily's Place, Evergreen, Love is a..., Lyndsey Gunnulfsen, pop rock and PVRIS

Best Live Music in Jacksonville | May 22-28

Zach Bryan, Jax Jazz Fest, Acid Mothers Temple, Pierce the Veil and more

Our weekly Go concert recommendations are updated every Monday morning and are always available on jaxmusic.org. For the comprehensive list of this week’s concerts, go to our live music calendar page. Country Zach Bryan – Tuesday, May 23 VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | Downtown Jacksonville Billboard country chart-topper Zach Bryan plays VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on Tuesday night. Watch | Tickets | Map Jazz …

In this article: Acid Mothers Temple, concert picks, Live music, Pierce the Veil and Zach Bryan

Playlist | Jacksonville Jazz Festival 2023 Primer

The 2023 Jacksonville Jazz Festival returns Memorial Day Weekend, kicking off on Thursday, May 25 with the Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition (feat. Duval drummer extraordinaire Ulysses Owens Jr. filling out th rhythm section), and continues with three days and nights of official programming, plus countless after-hours events, many of which are part of the popular Jazz Fest After Dark Series. …

In this article: 2023, Jacksonville Jazz Festival, Jazzsonville, Music, playlist, preview and primer

With Jazz Fest After Dark and More, the City’s Music Scene Extends the Breadth, and hours, of the Jacksonville Jazz Festival Weekend

All That Jazz (And More)

By Shelton Hull

For several years now, the return of the Jacksonville Jazz Festival has meant the return of Jazz Fest After Dark, a slate of programming that extends the breadth and hours of the official festival festivities to venues in and around the city’s urban core. Presented by Moon River Pizza, JFAD is the brainchild of Jason Lewis, the legendary local concert …

In this article: 2023, Downtown Jacksonville, Jacksonville Jazz Festival, Jazz Fest After Dark, Jazz Jam, Little Plates, Raisin Cake Orchestra, TimeWise and VyStar Breezeway

New Music Friday | The best releases out on May 19

The rapper Aminé and producer and DJ KAYTRANADA drop their highly anticipated joint project KAYTRAMINÉ this week, a free-wheeling, feel-good party album just in time for summer. We give a listen to several tracks from across the project to open this week’s show, marvel at the lyricism (“Y’all talkin’ like we’re equals when we know you’re Sméagols”) and talk about …

In this article: All Songs Considered, Anime, Kaytranada, New music, NPR Music and Paul Simon

The Unexpected Essentials that Helped Jax Experimental Act golfer two Create ‘bl00db4th6000’

By Hurley Winkler

With partner Casey Vandyke, Tyler Fleming is half of golfer two, an experimental noise outfit based here in Jacksonville. So far this year, the pair has released two EPs—dead mouse and, most recently, bl00db4th6000, which Fleming describes as a grouping of tracks that “encapsulates the sound we like to play live.” Each track you hear on the EP was recorded …

In this article: Casey Van Dyke, experimental, gear, Gearheads, golfer two, Hurley Winkler, Metal, music equipment, noise and Tyler Fleming

On “Hazy,” Gainesville Garage Rockers bed bug guru Share a Dreamy Pummel of Fuzz

By Daniel A. Brown

Any song with fuzz bass guitar is invariably better than a song without fuzz bass. Let’s get that cosmic truth front and center. The new single from Gainesville-by-way-of-Jax garage rockers bed bug guru features some guttural fuzz bass—heard prominently in the song’s apparent bridge—yet “Hazy” offers up more than just sadistic 30Hz frequency. A dreamy pummel of lock-and-hammer electric guitars, …

In this article: Bed Bug Guru, fuzz, Gainesville, garage rock, hazy, jacksonville, New music, review, Shane Malone and single

Japanese Band, Experimental Psychedelic Rockers Acid Mothers Temple, to Play for Free at the Jessie

One of the globe’s most prolific purveyors of experimental rock, Japan’s Acid Mothers Temple is currently on tour, with more than 12 US dates remaining, including a stop in Downtown Jacksonville, where they’ll play a free show on the loading docks of the Jessie Ball duPont nonprofit center on Friday, May 26. Led by Makoto Kawabata, AMT — with its …

In this article: Acid Mothers Temple, concert, jacksonville, Jessie Ball duPont nonprofit center, Live music, Madre Vaca, Majestic Mother, psychedelic rock and The Jessie

Announcing the winner of the 2023 Tiny Desk Contest

NPR Music received nearly 6,000 entries to this year’s Tiny Desk Contest, the annual search for the next great undiscovered artist to play a Tiny Desk concert. But one Springville, Utah, band rose to the top as its entry surprised the judges, moved them to tears and filled them with hope. Today, we’re thrilled to announce Little Moon is the …

In this article: announcement, Bob Boilen, Bobby Carter, NPR Music, Tiny Desk Concert, Tiny Desk Contest and winner

Ulysses Owens Jr. On Who to See & Hear at the 2023 Jacksonville Jazz Fest

Jazz Fest with U

By Ulysses Owens Jr.

As a supporter of the Jacksonville Jazz Fest since I was about 16 years old, I look forward to the lineup announcement annually. And what excites me about this 2023 lineup is that is includes some of the most dynamic jazz musicians relevant today and still playing at a high level. This year’s fest also includes a vast array of …

In this article: 2023, Jacksonville Jazz Festival, lineup, staff picks, Ulysses Owens Jr. and what to see

On “Backseat,” Jacksonville Singer-Songwriter Sun Child Untangles their Radiant Charms

By Daniel A. Brown

Somewhere between the prescriptive freedom-with-an-asterisk atmosphere of indie and the predictable wash-and-wear weather of Adult Album Alternative exists the music of Sun Child. Led by beaches native Brooke Garwood (Girl Pluto), the debut EP Everything features six cuts that lean predominately on acoustic guitar and piano arrangements with a production that is polished to a mellow, decorous sheen. “Backseat” is …

In this article: Backseat, Brooke Garwood, Everything EP, jacksonville, local music, New music, singer-songwriter and Sun Child

In Support of New Album, ABB Scion Duane Betts to Play Jacksonville in July

By Daniel A. Brown

Local music fans get to experience a performance by Southern rock royalty when Duane Betts performs at Intuition Ale Works on Sunday, July 16. While Betts may tire of his legendary rock heritage, as the son of founding Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts, the younger guitarist-vocalist is a bona fide torchbearer of that rock-music lineage. The fact that the …

In this article: Allman Brothers Band, concert, Derek Trucks, Duane Betts, Intuition Ale Works, jacksonville, Live music, Susan Tedeschi and Wild & Precious Life

Best Live Music in Jax This Week | May 15-21

The Psychedelic Furs, Winona Forever, Songwriter's Night, '90s nostalgia and more

Our weekly Go concert recommendations are updated every Monday morning and are always available on jaxmusic.org. For the comprehensive list of this week’s concerts, go to our live music calendar page. New Wave The Psychedelic Furs – Tuesday, May 16 Florida Theatre | Downtown Jacksonville Iconic British new wave band The Psychedelic Furs plays the Florida Theatre on Tuesday. Watch | Tickets | Map …

In this article: Blue Jay Listening Room, concert calendar, Florida Theatre, jacksonville, Live music, Psychedelic Furs and Winona Foerver

On ‘Cedar Island Songs,’ Florida songwriter Laney Tripp Floats in a Vast, Sparkling Sea of Experimental Folk

By Matthew Shaw

As a music descriptor, the term “wet” has been common parlance since the early 1960’s. Largely associated with reverb, it’s been used as a kind of shorthand to capture everything from the distant echo of the vocals on classic country tunes to the pedal effects of the single-string guitar leads pioneered by the King of Surf Rock: Dick Dale. If …

In this article: Benny Yurco, Cedar Island Songs, EP, folk, Jacob Cummings, Laney Tripp, New music, Singer and songwriter

New Music Friday: The best releases out on May 12

The singer Rahill is best-known to some for her work in the Brooklyn garage-rock group Habibi. But this week she drops her debut solo album, a collection of genre-hopping songs that are as danceable as they are idiosyncratic. On this week’s show we give a listen to Flowers At Your Feet and talk about the ways Rahill crafts deeply honest …

In this article: All Songs Considered, Belinda Carlisle, Friday, Habibi, Madison McFerrin, New music, NPR Music, Overmono and Rahill

Comedy-Rock Gods Tenacious D Bring Spicy Meatball Tour to St. Augustine

By Scott Russell

Jack Black and Kyle Gass, the comedy-rock duo dubbed Tenacious D, will take the St. Augustine Amphitheatre stage this weekend, bringing the opening leg of their Spicy Meatball Tour to an end. Though Black has been especially busy lately — he voices the villainous Bowser in box-office smash “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” contributed the viral hit “Peaches” to its …

In this article: Jack Black, jacksonville, Kyle Gass, rock, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, Tenacious D and The Amp

MTV News Shut Down as Paramount Global Cuts 25% of its Staff

The entertainment world is bidding farewell to MTV News. The network’s heyday ended years ago but, for a time, it was the go-to source for interviews with leading artists and newsmakers, from Madonna to Prince. The shutdown of MTV News comes as Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and Showtime announced today that it is laying …

In this article: Cancelled, Kurt Loder, MTV, MTV News, news and shut down

Playlist | Best New Music of May

Featuring a few dozen new tunes from local, regional, national and international artists, our Fresh Squeeze playlist includes the best new music emanating from Northeast Florida and beyond. Handpicked by our team of contributors, there are no rules or genre restrictions; just songs we thought were worth a share. Our latest Fresh Squeeze includes the surprise Thundercat + Tame Impala track …

In this article: 2023, Beach House, Fresh Squeeze, Laney Tripp, may, New music, Pheobe Bridgers, Tame Impala, The National and THundercat

Sudan Archives and Baby Rose pick their Tiny Desk Contest favorites

On the latest episode of Top Shelf — a series on NPR Music’s YouTube channel highlighting the best entries from the Tiny Desk Contest — Contest judges Sudan Archives and Baby Rose shared their top picks. Having both performed Tiny Desk concerts in early 2020, these Tiny Desk alums know exactly what it takes to make a performance shine. Their …

Watch Jacksonville Artists’ Tiny Desk Contest Submissions

The Tiny Desk Contest is back for 2023, with a new panel of judges and another opportunity for unsigned artists to earn an invite to perform on the revered, improvised stage in front of Bob Boilen’s desk at NPR Music HQ. Tens of thousands of musicians submitted their videos before the March 13 deadline — including nearly two-dozen artists from …

In this article: 2023, Bob Boilen, Bobby Carter, entries, jacksonville, NPR Music, st. augustine, submissions, Tiny Desk Concert and Tiny Desk Contest

Sing Out Loud 2023 Announces Francis Field Showcase with The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons and More

The Sing Out Loud Festival returns this year to St. Augustine and features a lineup of popular Grammy-winning artists as well as emerging national and regional performers. This year’s SOL includes the two-day Francis Field Showcase, featuring a roster of impressive acts, including the indie-to-arena style blues rock of The Black Keys, innovative UK soul of Yola, the new-country stylings …

In this article: Festival, Francis Field, jacksonville, Lord Huron, Maggie Rogers, Mumford & Sons and Sing Out Loud

Best Concerts of the Week in Jacksonville | May 8-14

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Tenacious D, Melissa Etheridge, Tidal Daze and more

Our weekly Go concert recommendations are updated every Monday morning and are always available on jaxmusic.org. For the comprehensive list of this week’s concerts, go to our live music calendar page. Singer-Songwriter Melissa Etheridge – Tuesday, May 9 Thrasher Horne Center | Orange Park Nearly four decades after her debut album became an underground sensation, singer-songwriter and guitarist Melissa Etheridge continues to chase her …

In this article: Alison Krauss, concert calendar, concerts, Jack Rabbits, jacksonville, Live music, Melissa Etheridge, Robert Plant, St. Augustine Amphitheatre and Tenacious D

Five Essential Mdou Moctar Tracks

By Matthew Shaw

Currently on a tour of North America, Tuareg musician Mdou Moctar will visit the Bier Hall inside Intuition Ale Works on Tuesday, May 2 as part of our JME Presents Music Discovery Series. If you’re unfamiliar with Moctar (pronounced em-dew mock-tar)’s work, the singer, songwriter, actor and activist is best known as something of a guitar hero. Moctar taught himself …

In this article: Afrique Victime, best songs, Essential tracks, Guitar, Interview, Intuition Ale Works, jacksonville, mdou moctar, Mikey Coltun, New music and Tuareg

JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown are Here to Blow Up your Function

On the rap internet, “scaring the hoes” has become code for a certain type of hip-hop: anything abrasive or weird or super-lyrical, designed for repeat close listening. More broadly, the phrase has evolved into a euphemism for any rap considered unfit for a party or similar social setting. To play Death Grips at the function is to scare the hoes. …

In this article: Danny Brown, Hip Hop, JPEGMAFIA, New music, NPR Music, rap, review and Scaring the Hoes

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