The Avett Brothers

Here Fred Greene goes into Martin's new John Mayer Signature Guitar and explains what it is that separates it from all others.

FringeFest NYC is winding up its encore series of the most acclaimed shows from the festival. That gave me a chance to catch up with two treats that h...

I've written about the Avett Brothers before, so y'all know I love them (not like I want to marry them or anything -- musical love). They are unlike anything I've ever seen before. Energetic. Powerful. Fun!

There's no denying that a bluegrass-influenced movement is taking place right now. Here are some bands to check out. Feel free to offer up your own style classifications if you'd like.

Album sales may be slower than ever, but there's more great music out there than ever before -- and you can check it out more easily than ever. So eve...

Once I wrote liner notes for one of Dylan's albums, and he very politely asked me not to use "any adjectives."

Deep, deep down in our secretly shallow places, we all know the ultimate truth -- that award shows really are better than life.

Here are my top 21 fave raves of 2010. In no particular order.

People are strange. That's the best explanation I can come up with for why it's suddenly so important for outgoing Florida Governor Charlie Crist to see Jim Morrison receive a posthumous pardon for indecent exposure and open profanity.

This week in the column, we have music by Field Music, Max Richter, Erykah Badu, Jeremy Lister, and more.

Let's be honest: it's tough for all of you musicians out there to get any attention these days. There's no room for you on MTV. There's no room for yo...

Psst! The hip-hop album of the year comes from a little-known, free-love-loving quartet of two women and two men out of Orlando. Believe it!

Beyoncé's I Am...Yours is a satisfying decade-and-then-some retrospective that reveals the artist's interesting back story with a personal warmth not always emphasized by our current cast of pop stars.

Here is my cheap gift to all of you: my personal Top Ten Albums of the Year list -- based on my mood today -- as well a few other stray merry musical musings as stocking stuffers.

So this is what Pearl Jam would sound like after hanging with George Thorogood. It's great to hear the guys trying on old school rock 'n' roll and putting their moniker on it.