Reviews

NRBQ

The maid’s been in the NRBQ vault tidying up, taking care not to toss out the good stuff. An assortment of interesting odds and ends was set aside for In … Read more

James Williamson & Deniz Tek

Raw Power had a mean streak a mile wide. Vicious and menacing, it cruised the streets spoiling for a fight, bruising and battering everyone it encountered with its slashing, rumbling … Read more

Bobby Bare

No BS, when it comes to box sets, Bear Family Records seems to set the standard. Just consider the numbers on their latest LP-sized deluxe offering: 137 tracks on 8 … Read more

Dirk Powell

It’s always a true pleasure to catch a new, fresh release featuring US roots master Dirk Powell. Never a slouch or a single-genre sort of guy, Powell is invariably interesting, … Read more

Various Artists

The past has come back to haunt Leon Russell’s celebrated Paradise Studio, once a fertile creative playground for Russell and friends like Bob Seger and Freddie King, that stood silent … Read more

Will Kimbrough

If only this interminable pause the world has been subjected to since March were really a spring break. Rather than falling into despair, many artists have turned inward, using the … Read more

Sun King Rising

Soaring progressive-rock grandeur meets deeply soulful Southern rock at the crossroads of Delta Tales, where Sun King Rising’s John Blangero—a world renowned genetic scientist—is waiting under an inviting big tent. … Read more

Brian Lisik

Good luck getting Brian Lisik to ever go completely unplugged. The temptation to turn the power back on is too hard to resist for the Ohio roots-rocker on the irreverently … Read more

John Nemeth

John Nemeth has a blues tour de force with his tenth and latest album release, Stronger Than Strong. With a singular voice that’s instantly recognizable in the world of soul … Read more