Glide Magazine

1 week ago | glidemagazine.com | Ryan Dillon

Inspiration can come from anywhere. A painter can catch the glimpse of an off-colored autumn leaf and create a world around its shades, a photographer can capture the innocence of a picnic with one snapshot of an entire afternoon; The art we consume and fill us with hope was once a dwindling moment of passion for another.

1 week ago | glidemagazine.com | Doug Collette

The Flying Burrito Brothers’ Burrito Deluxe (released April 1970) seemed conventional to a fault when it came out over a half-century ago, roughly a year after its eccentric predecessor, 1969’s The Gilded Palace of Sin. Yet this extended perspective only serves to clarify the group’s sophomore effort as a seminal entry in the burgeoning marriage of country rock. Such retrospect is all the more enlightening given the creative stasis within the Burritos at the time.

1 week ago | glidemagazine.com | Jeremy Lukens

Los Angeles indie rockers Cheekface brought its quirky music to The Social in Orlando on Monday night April 14th, celebrating oddball narratives and danceable grooves. Pacing, singer-songwriter Katie McTigue’s project, started the night with a thirty-minute set of eccentric folk rock.

1 week ago | glidemagazine.com | Marc Lacatell

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Heart is back on tour and celebrating fifty-plus years since their debut album, Dreamboat Annie, was released to critical acclaim. Helping to define the hard rock sound of the 1970s, the rock and roll outfit fronted by the exceptionally talented sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson is still a force to be reckoned with. They have released 16 studio albums, along with multiple live albums and compilation albums, and have, in turn, sold over 35 million albums worldwide.

1 week ago | glidemagazine.com | Jim Hynes

The fiddle-banjo duets of Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson in “What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow is a statement of defiance, a reunion, and a bold assertion of freedom all at once, without being the least bit overt. The two former members of the trio Carolina Chocolate Drops haven’t played together on record since Robinson left the group in 2011.