Matthew Keefer's Blog: Music Ravings by Matthew Keefer

In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy was the most feared politician in the country. His communist witchhunt destroyed the careers of dozens of politicians, actors, political enemies, and even random bystanders unexpectedly caught in his crosshairs. He was bluster and fire and left pure destruction in his wake. In 1954, Joseph Nye Welch, an attorney for the Army, grew disgusted at Senator McCarthy’s endless, reckless investigations. It was he who dealt McCarthy the final coup de grace. “Have you no s...

El Paso, TX: What started as an online petition is now on the President's desk awaiting his signature.Started by Ghost Ranch, NM native and hare Mr. Bunny, the petition "To Saw Off Florida and Kick It to Anywhere Else" has received more than 350 million signatures. With the petition now sitting on President Biden's desk, drafted as an Executive Order, there seems to be little to no opposition to pushing it through."For a hare-brained idea," President Biden said, "Mr. Bugs has found the only ...

Not to steal lyrics from one of our favorite tracks from Meshell Ndegeocello, but here's an old Somali Oud player we (and Clapton, shrug) adore.

Annie Bartholomew flubs on the most ambitious album we've ever reviewed on Music Ravings. And we can't wait to listen to her next projects.

...is a question no one should have to answer.And likely tens of thousands of Americans will have to answer that question. We're guessing before the end of the year.

You can join the largest musical collaboration on Sat., Feb. 4.

Ticketmaster vs. the Swifties: "You've done it to Bruce Springsteen fans, you've done it to Blink 182 fans - and they've finally met their match here."

The massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, 2022 left 21 dead.

exas-based Landon Lloyd Miller's biggest asset is his chameleon's sense of folk. His debut EP, Light Shines Through, is an accumulation of colors of style close enough in shade to cohere into one single, impressive animal—we mean album.

Nicole Atkins has a phenomenal, entrancing siren's voice. And pairing her with piano (and light string accompaniment) promises a moody music listener's paradise. Her latest, Memphis Ice strips bare 2020's Italian Ice, taking apart the original album's songs and blowing ankle-high smoke into a dark, quiet room (so to speak).