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
Ten-track album Ain’t No Man A Good Man simply demands full-throttle, crack-up-the-volume listening, like Spinal Tap on steroids. Walker is a Scot, resident many years in London, and Danny Flam … Read more
Teddy Thompson should really have no right to sound as upbeat as he does. To hear its jaunty opener kick in with a dose of Motown horns, you almost wouldn’t … Read more
Many great musicians and songwriters have sung Willie Nile’s praises, so it’s nice to see some of them coming together to sing his songs. Willie Nile Uncovered is a career-spanning … Read more
Maybe you were lucky enough to see Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen in their heyday. They were one of the hardest-rocking outfits around, and, although I didn’t know … Read more
From the stage at the Bearsville Theater in 1994, John and Johanna Hall joined Jonell Mosser, their friend and musical sister, to play some new music. Little Black Dress brings … Read more
This soulful and sacred, hot-rocking, and simply stunning country music album should set several charts on fire. Having grown up on a Quarter Horse ranch in Northern California, Heidi Newfield … Read more
When Fred Mollin, my favorite producer for several decades now, announced last year he had signed my favorite vocalist, Mandy Barnett, to his new label, Melody Place Music, I said … Read more
Twenty years ago, “a young lad full of youthful spirit and optimism,” recorded his first solo album, A New Day Yesterday. I had no idea who he was or that … Read more
Ranging far and wide, with its astral travels, brief Latin immersions and episodes of cool fusion, among other exploratory trips to the outer regions of contemporary jazz, Moments and Fragments … Read more
