Of the title track, Bluhm said, “Greg sent me a rough demo of this song, and I thought it was promising. What he was singing was place-holder gibberish, or sounds mixed with some actual lyrics, including what would become the title.”

"Despite The Mother Hips’ apparent fondness for taking a cerebral stance, it’s doubtful they’ll disappear any time soon."

For the last twelve months, Glide Magazine has covered the storied but woefully underappreciated thirty-year musical career of The Mother Hips. We have spent that time looking back at a band as it teetered on commercial success, slid into darkness, and then picked itself back up by the bootstraps and...

The Mother Hips have played their unique blend of music—a freewheeling mixture of rock with folk, blues, R&B and country influences—since they came together in the dorms at Cal State Chico almost 30 years ago. The quartet didn’t fit into any category when they started playing, but after relocating to...

Little Miracles: Tim Bluhm Talks New Mother Hips Album & Practicing Gratitude Charlie Farmer / Published On December 15, 2021 Share: Encountering a Mother Hips album recalls visiting your favorite record store, flipping through titles classic and obscure, overwhelmed in the best way by rock ‘n’ roll’s history and possibilities....

The title of The Mother Hips’ latest LP, Glowing Lantern, is a whole lot more than an afterthought. “The glowing lantern is a universal symbol for sanctuary,” says Mother Hips co-founder Tim Bluhm. “That’s what we wanted this album to be: a warm safe place to get in out of...

American music consists of a myriad of styles. Rock, Blues, Funk, Country, psychedelic just to name a few. Our next guests are a band that easily maneuvers through and blends all of those styles and more AND they do it with a high stepping style. They have a new record...

The Mother Hips‘ eleventh studio album, Glowing Lantern, will be released on December 3. Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacono co-founded the group when they were students at Chico State and The Mother Hips celebrated their 30th anniversary earlier this year with the release of their entire studio discography on limited...

How long have you been a musician? How did you get into it in the first place? Greg Loiacono: I started playing guitar at age 11. I wanted to learn as soon as I heard “Purple Haze” for the first time. I stopped for a bit and got back into...

WITH the first recorded cover version of their entire roots-rockin’ career, their cover of Anne Murray’s “I Don’t Want To Drive You Away”, just fading in the dust of the rearview mirror; but the street light glow of their eleventh album, Glowing Lantern, and a run of dates Stateside just...

Episode 105 of The JamBase Podcast, a partner of the Osiris Media Network, features the return of The Mother Hips‘ Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacono. JamBase’s Scott Bernstein talked to the pair, who are joined in the band by John Hofer and Brian Rashap, about their new album, Glowing Lantern,...

Artist: The Mother Hips Hometown: Marin County, California Song: “I Don’t Want to Drive You Away” Album: Glowing Lantern Release Date: December 3, 2021 Label: Blue Rose In Their Words: “We came across an Anne Murray cassette tape in a truck stop some years back. The album cover was so...

Glowing Lantern, the new album from beloved band The Mother Hips, is set for release on December 3 via Blue Rose. Becoming the 11th studio recording in The Mother Hips’ discography, Glowing Lantern tops off a momentous year for the northern California-based band in which they celebrated their 30th anniversary...

From their college days to midlife, Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacono have remained connected at the hip—the Mother Hips, that is. Since 1991, the two guitarists and singer-songwriters have blazed a trail of West Coast rock-and-roll that put them on the map locally and nationally. This year, the Mother Hips...

From their college days to midlife, Tim Bluhm and Greg Loiacono have remained connected at the hip—the Mother Hips, that is. Since 1991, the two guitarists and singer-songwriters have blazed a trail of West Coast rock-and-roll that put them on the map locally and nationally. This year, the Mother Hips...

The last of the shipments for the month of April is out and, arguably, one of the Mother Hips’ best records, Later Days, has now been fully re-released both in streaming format and now on vinyl as Blue Rose Music and the Hips continue the re-release roll of the band’s...

In honor of the Mother Hips 30th anniversary, we're in the midst of reissuing each of their 10 studio albums on vinyl throughout 2021. One LP will be released per month through October as the band continues to work their way through The Mother Hips’ discography in chronological order starting...

2021 is truly a good year to be a Mother Hips fan. As we continue to celebrate the Mother Hips 30th anniversary by rereleasing ten of the band's original albums on vinyl, Andrew Quist of Glide Magazine takes a dive into the first three rereleases. Andrew revisits the music from...

The Mother Hips celebrate their 30th anniversary this January, and according to Glide Magazine, "that’s a big deal and it can’t be understated. When you think of any kind of partnership (work, marriages, even friendships), it’s tough to make it to thirty, but this band is about to cross the...