Album Reviews

Austin Meade

Waves comes at us from a young Texan guitar-slinger, a guy with a ear for some tingling melody and lyrical flow. Meade can sure pack a punch with his remarkable … Read more

Willie Buck

Wille Buck, now an octogenarian, is one the few remaining original Chicago bluesmen. One of eight children and hailing from Mississippi, he arrived in Chicago in 1953 as a teenager, … Read more

Songs of Freedom

To reinterpret some of the most powerful and affecting works of the incomparable Nina Simone, Abbey Lincoln and Joni Mitchell for his Songs of Freedom project, jazz drummer Ulysses Owens … Read more

Rebecca Loebe

Although it doesn’t chew on tobacco-stained, gritty folk and country realism, Give Up Your Ghosts would spit out the very notion that its contents are made of bubblegum. Too sweet … Read more

Peter Rogan

The puzzle of life. Fitting all the pieces together responsibly confounds most of us, at least at some point in the game. Steelworker Peter Rogan tried guitar on for size … Read more

Glen Clark

If you knew nothing about Glen Clark and heard some cuts from You Tell Me, your first association would likely be Delbert McClinton and you’d be right. The two made … Read more

Victor Krummenacher

Still reeling from a painful divorce, Victor Krummenacher embarked on an emotionally draining journey to Blue Pacific, his ninth solo album. To reach its golden shores, the co-founder of eclectic … Read more

Tom Petty

Tom Petty was readily one of the USA’s truly great modern musicians, a guy with a genuinely genius touch and a melodic force that remains unrivaled following his sudden departure … Read more

John Mayall

Veteran bluesman John Mayall has delivered yet another remarkably strong album. Now in his mid-eighties, Mayall has a track record that few, if any, can match. His back catalogue is … Read more