New Jersey native Nicole Atkins graced the stage of Maxwell's in Hoboken on Friday night, in support of her latest album, Mondo Amore. The show was sold out well in advance, and her powerful performance kept the packed room tight in her grasp from start to finish. During the set, Nicole was joined onstage by Michael and Whitney, members of Maryland's Cotton Jones Basket Ride who have been her supporting act on this tour.

Michael Nau (Cotton Jones) Recommended Shows :: February 14th – February 18th Monday, February 14th Slang Chickens with John Carpenter @ echo Tuesday, February 15th Mountain Man @ Hotel Cafe (9pm) Wednesday, February 16th Generationals @ Hotel Cafe (7pm) The Radio Dept. with Young Prisms @ El Rey Theatre Cotton Jones and Nicole Atkins @ Troubadour Trmrs with Hindu [...]

Well, wouldn't you know it? It's already that time of year again.... That time of year when little kids all over Amorica start wanting a bunch of crap you couldn't afford the other 11 months. The time of year when you are suddenly compelled to buy that person who you don't know at work some crap "but keep it under $20!"... The time of year when you got to give your boss, who makes, lets say, at least 2 or 3 or 5 times as much as you, a gift. The time of year when you can [...]

This is a strange, strange album, although not obviously so. It's like a slightly croonsome, quite country album was being listened to through a pair of earphones which might have been built by someone in the Flaming Lips. It's not that there's anything Flaming Lipsy about the album at all, it's just there's clearly something funny about it, in a manner in which I sort of think they might approve. Maybe it's because this feels a bit like a pleasant alt-country album being delivered by someone in one of their giant stage bunny costumes. I guess if you [...]

As the leader of whimsical folk/rock band Page France, Michael Nau crafted songs full of fairy tales and spiritual longings. Just as that band seemed on the verge of bigger things, on the heels of two rich, evocative albums ( Hello, Dear Wind & … and the Family Telephone ), they disbanded. Nau soon resurfaced with fellow Page France member Whitney McGraw and formed The Cotton Jones Basket Ride, which was thereafter trimmed to just Cotton Jones . Their second album, Tall Hours in the Glowstream , might just be [...]