Every week, we present a curated list of live music in a wide range of genres around the Valley. This week features peak indie nostalgia acts and flightless-fowl festival rock.
Traveling to an Arizona destination? There’s probably a song about it. “The Ballad of Boot Hill” by Johnny Cash The Man in Black shows his fascination with Arizona’s Wild West history in this poetic country song about the town of Tombstone, “where tumbleweeds tumble in search of a home,” “where the brave never cry,” and where “rope marks on the oak tree are now petrified.” “Flagstaff by Morning” by Joshua Kadison L.A.-based singer/songwriter Joshua Kadison...
Desert Digest4 Local Songs About Food
Niki D'AndreaNovember 6, 2020
As Thanksgiving approaches, a lot of people are thinking about food. Others are writing songs and singing about it. Here are four audible edible tributes by local bands to whet your appetite for seasonal gluttony. Authority Zero – “Chile con Crudo” This instrumental song’s title roughly translates to “pepper with raw fish,” which sounds like a gross meal, but makes a mean metaphor. Authority Zero’s punk sensibility lends the sonic spice, while the surf twang...