The Weekend Showcase celebrated its first anniversary this past week. To celebrate this milestone, we opted to make some changes. The first change is obvious – we’ve moved it to Sunday in order to accommodate an additional day to The Matinee – otherwise known as the Saturday Sampler. The other change is that The Weekend Showcase will list all the […]

Last year, singer-songwriter Zachary Cale released his stunning fifth album, Duskland, which saw the Louisiana-born singer-songwriter move away from his acoustic leanings to a more widescreen sound. Duskland, however, still retained the vivid and creative storytelling that Cale has become known for, resulting in the record being named on several “best of” or “favorite” lists, including our own. In addition […]

Over the past year, we’ve listened to thousands of singles – way too many to count. Throughout the year, we’ve shared many of them through three regular features – The Melodic Tonic, The Matinee, and The Weekend Showcase. While we could have rolled up all those singles into one mammoth playlist, that would have meant a playlist of nearly 1,500 songs, not to […]

For ease, here is the complete list of our Favorite 50 Albums of 2015. Click on the sub-heading below to be taken to the original post and hear tracks from the artists. Thanks for reading and here’s to another great year of music ahead of us.   The First 15 Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color Algiers – Algiers The […]

Today, we reach the final 20 of our 50 Favorite Albums of 2015. From riot grrrl to psychedelic pop, from contemporary indie rock to the sounds of the ’50s and ’60s, from alt-folk to alt-country, the list is eclectic, diverse, and filled with the best of 2015. Read the final 20 LPs below. If you’re just catching up, you can find […]

It’s been 10 years since Zachary Cale released his first album, Outlander Sessions. And for a decade, Cale hovered under the radar as a musician whose masterful guitar skills and splendid songwriting were only getting noticed by fellow artists. It wasn’t until Blue Rider, Cale’s fourth album that was released in 2013, that critics and fans began to take notice […]

It’s Friday, so it’s the usual thing here on The Revue – The Weekend Showcase! Twenty new tunes to get you through the weekend. If this is your first time checking out the playlist, below are some quick points to consider. If you like the artist / band, click on their name to be taken to their Facebook page or […]

  We unabashedly are fans of Zachary Cale, the Louisiana-born singer-songwriter who now calls Brooklyn home. Besides taking time out to be one of the first interviews done for what was then called Mundo Musique, Cale released one of our favorite albums of 2013 with Blue Rider. Always an exception guitar player – one of the most underrated finger-plucking guitarists […]

Zachary Cale has become a good friend of The Revue. He was the second musician that I interviewed, going back to September 2013, where we enjoyed a few tacos and queso at Union Pool in Brooklyn. His fourth album, Blue Rider, was one of our 25 Favorite Albums of 2013, and not because he took time to do an interview […]

We have finally reached our destination – the final five songs in our catalogue of 25 favourite albums of 2013. The other twenty songs were posted on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. If you just want the list now, well, here were the first twenty in alphabetical order: Arcade Fire – Reflektor Arctic Monkeys – AM The Belle Game – The […]

It’s a clear Wednesday evening in late September, and Zachary Cale and I are enjoying a few tacos and beers at Brooklyn, NY staple, Union Pool. For most of our long-hour conversation that touches on his childhood, his travels, and his latest album, Zach stares aimlessly at the sky, his mind recalling every detail and memory. From his early years […]