Robert Connely Farr & The Rebeltone Boys
If dusted for fingerprints, Dirty South Blues would undoubtedly have those of the living Mississippi blues legend Jimmy “Duck” Holmes all over it. His impact on Robert Connely Farr, a … Read more
Album Reviews
Gaye Adegbalola
The griot is a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral in parts of West Africa; and in terms of blues … Read more
Rich Hope
From the rainy, woodsy Pacific Northwest with love, I’m All Yours arrives as a passionate dispatch from Vancouver’s Rich Hope gushing over the kind of swirling, psychedelic garage-rock, rough-and-tumble R&B … Read more
Beau Weevils
Beau Weevil, pronounced boll weevil, is usually something no one wants hanging around. In the case of this Beau Weevil, music lovers will definitely want this new quartet hanging around … Read more
Jonathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys
Lured by the romance of the open road, hoping to connect with like-minded songwriters also afflicted with wanderlust and obsessed with authenticity, Jonathan Byrd has been searching high and … Read more
The Gibson Brothers
Who could have seen this coming? Maybe those who know the brothers Eric and Leigh Gibson from as far back as their upbringing in the northernmost farmlands of New York … Read more
Doc Watson & David Grisman
Of the 53 albums “Doc” Watson recorded during his legendary career, 15 of them were of live concerts. In my opinion, his live recordings were always some of his best, … Read more
Ted Piltzecker
A little out of left field, we were re-introduced to the vibraphone—the pedal steel of jazz—by a master. A former trumpeter in Chuck Mangione’s Jazz Ensemble and the George Shearing … Read more
The Posies
Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow were headed for a divorce. The signs were everywhere on 1996’s Amazing Disgrace, a tour de force of glorious, angst-ridden power-pop that followed 1993’s sweetly … Read more
Various Artists, Curated by the Rolling Stones
Being a lifelong record collector who’s amassed over 11,000 records—most of them blues-related—this comprehensive blues compilation is near to my heart. The 2-CD collection, each with 21 tracks, was curated … Read more
