By Ric Sperrazza/Live photos courtesy of Ric Sperrazza and Dropkick Murphys   Towards the end of 2022, I had the opportunity to see The Dropkick Murphys do an all-acoustic set in Atlantic City of songs crafted from the unproduced lyrics and unrealized songs of Woody Guthrie. Read More

Written and Photographed by Maria Arroyo In this two-part series, contributing writers and musicians Maria Arroyo and Dustin Sclafani partake, perform, and report on the Play Music Conference.  They each give us an inside look at the spectacular annual event with an artist’s Read More

By Nick Hopton Photographs courtesy of Bright Kelly   “Bring down that old record player we found, in that sorrow-strewn store, in that ten-dollar town,I’ll dig up something to move to, If you pour the wine”. It’s not very often that the opening lines of an album immediately Read More

Written and Photographed by Julie Shaw I love the banjo. I will never apologize for that. I don’t know exactly what it is about a banjo that makes me so happy, but every single time I hear one, I can’t help but feel better, about all things in life. The two bands that played this Read More

By Killian O’Neil Photos By Lead Photographer Liv Foltiny In thirty years of living, I’ve never considered myself a reggae fan. Typically, what my playlist consists of is something with a whiney voice, a heavy rift and it’s coming from the ethers of emo music. This past Friday at Read More

By Dustin Sclafani     The illusion that all good art has an age limit is a staple in our society. It seems an artist’s age can become branded to them like their own personal Scarlet Letter. The lie that we no longer have an artistic point of view can snuff out the fire Read More