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Lukas Nelson and his band, Promise of the Real, are an American rock n roll group based out of California. Lukas first picked up the guitar at age 11 to honor a promise he made to his father and was able to teach himself the craft by playing along to classic Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix songs. Lukas is building his following the old fashioned way by touring year round and delivering high energy performances to fans across the country, having performed with the likes of Neil Young, John Fogerty, Bob Weir, B.B. King, and Bob Dylan.
NPPA executive director Akili Ramsess and her son Taraja Ramsess. Courtesy Akili Ramsess. So many of our ASMP and NANPA members are members of, or familiar with, our colleagues at the National Press Photographers Association. Last week, their Executive Director Akili Ramsess suffered a tragic and heartbreaking loss as a vehicle collision took the lives … Read moreNANPA & ASMP Offer Its Support to NPPA Exec. Director Akili Ramsess and Her Family
Music Reviews (Sacred Bones) PSA: It would be easy to write this album off as simply an album of covers, but that would be a mistake. In an age when the phrase “Taylor’s Version” boasts cultural currency and reboots of film series are as ubiquitous as air and water, the public is well-accustomed to the … Read moreMusic Review: SPELLLING & The Mystery School – SPELLLING
Music Reviews (felte) Ten years after releasing their final album as Abe Vigoda, Crush, songwriters Michael Vidal and Juan Velasquez decided it was time to give it another go. Their reunion seemed unlikely. At the time, Crush represented a marked departure from their first two albums—modeling their sound on icy, maximalist coldwave that did away … Read moreMusic Review: Romantic Music – Cupid & Psyche
Why must we all work long hours to earn the right to live? Why must only the wealthy have access to leisure, aesthetic pleasure, self-actualization…? Everyone seems to have an answer, according to their political or theological bent. One economic bogeyman, so-called “trickle-down” economics, or “Reaganomics,” actually predates our 40th president by a few hundred years at … Read moreBertrand Russell & Buckminster Fuller on Why We Should Work Less, and Live and Learn More
All you have to do is look at a tree—any tree will do—to see how badly our disciplines serve us. Evolutionary theory, botany, geography, physics, hydrology, countless poems, paintings, essays, and stories—all trying to make sense of the tree. We need them all, the whole fragile, interdependent ecosystem. No one has got it right yet. … Read moreAll you have to do is look at a tree—any tree will do—to see how badly our disciplines serve us….
We are huge Iron & Wine fans. Sam Beam is just phenonomenal songwriter, composer and musician. So, it was a pleasant surprise to Iron & Wine’s November 17th as the accompanying live album to the concert film, Who Can See Forever. The film is the first ever in-depth look into the life and music of … Read moreAlbum Review: Who Can See Forever Soundtrack by Iron & Wine
Our series Dusting ‘Em Off looks at how classic albums found an enduring place in pop culture. Today, we spend some time with Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s Trilogy. At times, Emerson, Lake & Palmer were downright maniacal. It’s evident in their most celebrated material; the absurd 10/8 time signature in “Tarkus,” the proto-heavy metal detour in … Read moreEmerson, Lake & Palmer’s Trilogy Set a Cosmic New Standard for Progressive Rock
