Will Butler
A wellness check on America’s broken body politic, with its seemingly incurable socio-political cancers and fractures that may never heal right, the idealistic and dramatic Generations is the manic sophomore … Read more
Reviews
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
Various Artists
Good Vibes, musicians thrive on them. I know firsthand how they can effect and add to a performance, be it live or when the studio red light comes on. In … Read more
Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks
Turnabout was fair play for Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks with their 1994 recording of Orange Crate Art, as Parks needed a favor from his old friend. The glorious … Read more
Sugar Ray and the Bluetones
Sugar Ray Norcia not only has a right to sing the blues, he was born to, it seems, proving it time and again with ease and potent virtuosity throughout the … Read more
Eric Long
There’s a lot to like about this. The music is accessible as all get out and there is a real country bluesy vibe throughout. The Short Tempers band backing Long … Read more
Todd Rundgren’s Utopia
There’s a lot to unpack here: four audio CDs and two video CDs. Captured live are two nights of the original Utopia lineup, the first show from January 2011 and … Read more
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Remembered as a hot, soupy mess, what became known as the “Field Trip” took place on a steamy Aug. 27, 1972 in Veneta, Oregon, at Temple Meadow. As the Merry … Read more
Bobby Rush
Born Emmett Ellis, Jr. in Homer, Louisiana, Bobby Rush has long called Mississippi home, and has a particular soft spot for the state’s legendary blues men. At various times over … Read more
Crushwater’s The Wasteland is anything but
The Wasteland, the upcoming release from Crushwater, paints melodic vistas as glorious and varied as their home state of Washington. Primary vocalist and guitarist Scott Sullivan’s raspy baritone and Chandra … Read more
