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Multi-instrumentalist NATHAN BOWLES explores the rugged country between Appalachian old-time traditions and ecstatic, minimalist drone on his new album, Whole & Cloven
Although his recent solo recordings prominently feature his virtuosic banjo, Nathan Bowles is also widely recognized as a masterful and versatile drummer, and he considers himself first and foremost a percussionist, with banjo as a natural extension of his percussive practice. He and his bandmates in the popular and critically acclaimed old-time group the Black…
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DAWES’ new album, “We’re All Gonna Die” is upon us on their own HUB Records label! It comes out FRIDAY, SEPT. 16th!
Dawes has come home. After recording its last two albums, Stories Don’t End and All Your Favorite Bands, in Asheville, North Carolina, and Nashville, respectively, the Los Angeles band has returned to the city that has been both home and inspiration since its inception in 2009 to record its fifth album, We’re All Gonna Die,…
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RADIOHEAD has returned with a new mind-blowing opus called “A Moon Shaped Pool.” It’s out now on CD & 180g white vinyl, and Horizon got to be part of a SPECIAL RELEASE EVENT to celebrate!
This just in: LIVE FROM A MOON SHAPED POOL. A UNIQUE RADIOHEAD EVENT TOOK PLACE ON FRIDAY JUNE 17th AT RECORD STORES GLOBALLY, FEATURING AN EXCLUSIVE DAY LONG AUDIO STREAM FROM THE BAND, COMPETITIONS, INSTRUCTIONAL ARTWORKS AND MORE. Horizon was thrilled to be one of the indie retailers to present an exclusive audio stream of material specially curated…
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Heads up: WILLIAM TYLER has a new awe-inspiring, genre-bending post-modern guitar opus out on MERGE RECORDS! We’re stoked!
Modern Country is the follow-up to William Tyler‘s highly acclaimed Merge debut, Impossible Truth. Modern Country features full-band arrangements on most of the tracks, provided by Phil Cook (Hiss Golden Messenger, Blind Boys of Alabama), Darin Gray (Tweedy, Jim O’Rourke), and Glenn Kotche (Wilco). An album trailer was shared when the record was announced in April, “Gone Clear” was premiered by All Songs Considered, and “Kingdom…
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PENNY PARSONS’ new book, FOGGY MOUNTAIN TROUBADOUR: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF CURLY SECKLER, takes us down the bluegrass legend’s road from Carolina cotton fields to Nashville Grass.
With his trademark mandolin style and unequaled tenor harmonies, Curly Seckler has carved out a seventy-seven-year career in bluegrass and country music. His foundational work in Flatt and Scruggs’s Foggy Mountain Boys secured him a place in bluegrass history, while his role in The Nashville Grass made him an essential part of the music’s triumphant…
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PEARL JAM at the BON SECOURS WELLNESS ARENA on Record Store Day. How could we NOT expect them to stop by your friendly neighborhood record store and do some shopping? Then Eddie Vedder did something we DIDN’T expect, in front of about 16,000 people.
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Matt Cameron dropped by over Record Store Day weekend to indulge their music-geek tendencies, and we were floored. Mike & merch. Mike rockin’ the Horizon tee at the show: McCready & Berger surveying the vinyl goodness. Martin N’ Matt Cameron Eddie Vedder saluted us from the stage at the Bon…
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Stones Throw Records reissues the hip-hop classic DONUTS by J DILLA!
The best albums create their own world. Through music and lyrics and production, they immerse the listener in whatever universe they’ve conjured through the speakers. Donuts, the 2006 masterpiece by rapper and producer J Dilla is one of those great records. After rising from the rap underground in the mid 90’s as part of the…
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LUTHER DICKINSON’S new “BLUES & BALLADS” album is one for the ages; a stripped-down collection of juke-joint rhythms and low-down acoustic blues.
“When community, word of mouth, firsthand experience, books, records and art still ruled.” We’re pretty much fans of everything Luther Dickinson has done. He’s made some incredible modern electric blues with the North Mississippi Allstars and created a killer raw, raucous, slide-guitar-happy side-project with Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo and Indigenous guitarist Mato Nanji called Three…
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Record Store Week: THE MATT FLINNER TRIO! Sizzlin’ string-jazz-grass and roots TOMORROW in The Bohemian Café at 5pm!
Led by one of the most respected mandolinists in today’s acoustic scene, Matt Flinner and his trio partners, Ethan Ballenger (guitar) and Eric Thorin (bass), are sonically founded in bluegrass, jazz, classical and American acoustic music. Over the past decade, the Matt Flinner Trio has been on the cutting edge of the 21st century string band…
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CARLOS HENRIQUEZ, bassist of Jazz At Lincoln Center BRINGS IT on his debut CD, “Bronx Pyramid!”
Carlos Henriquez’s THE BRONX PYRAMID marks the Bronx-born, Nuyorican bassist’s first album as a leader and the emergence of a fully fledged Latin jazz master. Joined by guest stars Rubén Blades and Pedrito Martinez and band members including drummer and fellow Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra member Ali Jackson, Henriquez expertly blends modern jazz with…