An Insider’s Introduction

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An Insider’s Introduction: The Sugar Thieves

The Sugar Thieves came together in musical love and bluesy harmony more than a decade ago in a smokey dive bar with the fateful partnership of lead singer Meridith Moore and guitar player/vocalist Mikel Lander. Yes, it was Big Fish Pub and the year was 2006, the planets aligned to give the Valley this bastion of music from the American Heartland…

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An Insider’s Introduction: Greg Lloyd of Prism Collabs

Greg Lloyd is a musician, producer, sound engineer, wrangler of creatives, and aural innovator living here in Phoenix. And, recently, he added author to his resume when he published a DIY guide for musicians on the ins-and-outs of recording. At the same time, Lloyd was working on a collaborative recording project that released a new EP. tape.in by Prism Collabs stands out as a fluid yet eclectic mix of ambient instrumentals, as innovative as the structure of the project itself, while simultaneously speaking to the many possibilities of home recording…

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For the Record: ‘Capacity for Illusion’ by Ultraviolet Communication

Although Ultraviolet Communication (UVC) are relatively new in the PHX music scene, they’re already making waves. Releasing a couple of singles in 2019, the band has now released their debut, full-length album, Capacity for Illusion. All while playing a whole host of shows around the Valley and gigging from Bisbee to Flagstaff of course…

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An Insider’s Introduction: Adam Townsend

by Mark Anderson

Persistence is the key.

Just ask about that with Tucson singer-songwriter Adam Townsend whose new album, All My Fires, is essentially a decade in the making. Produced by Grammy-nominated Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Langhorne Slim, Benjamin Booker), with both indie-rock and soul overtones, All My Fires caught my ear immediately and is one my favorite Tuscon albums of 2019.

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