Best Bets Aug. 19, 2008 (Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Monte Montgomery Once described as 'The Evel Knievel of Guitar' and featured on Guitar Player Magazine's list of Top 50 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, this guitar virtuoso based in Austin has generated a deluge of rave reviews for his technique, vocals and arrangements.

Smashing Pumpkins weird and weirder (The Hook)

According to the reviews, the August 16 performance in Charlottesville by the Smashing Pumpkins was weird and weirder . Comments(3)

Locals Only: Bears Will Be Bears - Indiepop band hopes for more exposure with Simple Machinery (Cleveland Scene)

By Jeff Niesel Reached via phone as he was about to meet the rest of his bandmates and head to Pittsburgh, where he was playing the inaugural New American Music Union Festival, Bears singer-guitarist Charlie McArthur admits the group has hopes of doing more touring in support of its new album, Simple Machinery.   'We talk about [touring] a lot," he says. "We went out to the West Coast last ...

No longer a diamond in the rough (Republican-American)

As a recording artist who has sold 125 million records, made some three dozen albums and written and recorded a string of iconic hits, making a new album might not seem like it would be a big deal for Neil Diamond.

No Boundaries | The New Frontiers' hard work is rewarded (Urban Tulsa)

When The New Frontiers take the stage at The Marquee, 222 N. Main, Friday, August 23, you can expect to find more than just another clichéd indie or emo band playing to the audience. Instead, you'll see a prime example of what a young band making all the right moves looks like in the landscap... By G.K. Hizer.

Billboard CD reviews (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

This collection of previously unreleased duets is a must-have for George Jones fans in particular, and pure country fans in general. "Rockin' Years," a No. 1 hit for Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Shelton in 1991, takes on a new life when Parton pairs with the Possum, and Keith Richards sounds more hillbilly than rock star on the album's title cut. "Selfishness in Man," with Vince Gill, would be an ...