The Deltahorse started out as one part band, one part musical experiment; each member of the trio lived in not only a different city, but a different continent. Founder and … Read more
This is big. Bigger than the 17 CDs, 80-page book, poster reproduction and five 8×10 prints that comprise the hard copy of Lou Reed: The RCA & Arista Collection. Even Reed’s … Read more
I tend to think of CDs as a form of currency. Sometimes there’s gold in them discs. A recent housecleaning of my music room (i.e. man cave) yielded 50 … Read more
Alongside his father, Ben Wilson cleared the land on which a reservoir was dug in Georgia. For the latest release with his aptly titled band, Wilson’s Reservoir, he mined a … Read more
The two members of Switzerland-based duo, Famous October, are exemplary musicians. Their debut album, One Day Baby, is, without a doubt, one of the finest examples of modern folk music. … Read more
It is both with a heavy heart and tons of admiration that I come to this review. My heavy heart is for Audrey Auld Mezera, a gifted, far under-recognized artist … Read more
Sugar Ray and the Bluetones are on a roll, 35 years on. Their 2014 album, Living Tear to Tear, earned them a staggering seven Blues Music Award nominations, including “Best … Read more
Admittedly, tribute discs, albums, downloads, streams, whatever, tend to scare me off. And a tribute to Coltrane, whose lasting innovations and overly documented musical explorations and phases just opens a … Read more
Fifth time’s certainly the charm, but there are four previous Shovels & Rope albums that display a steady progression of exciting, idiosyncratic excellence. Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst, the … Read more
Murali Coryell takes a slightly different tact with this effort, recorded in Austin, TX and replete with some Tex-Mex touches and political references too. Self-produced, Murali is increasingly taking more … Read more
