David Childers
Here’s another relatively unheralded singer-songwriter making a strong impact. David Childers reminds me of the Kris Kristofferson line, “He’s a walking contradiction.” Even his song titles have that flavor as … Read more
Posted in May, 2017
Leo “Bud” Welch
Leo Bud Welch is a Delta Blues musician born in 1932, in Sabougla, Mississippi. For most of Leo’s life up until 2014, he just performed in the Delta region. In … Read more
Chris Stapleton
The first time I saw Chris Stapleton live was in a hotel room for a radio taping with his then band, The Steeldrivers, nine years ago. Drawn to his soulful … Read more
Mary Bragg
There’s a raw, haunting quality to this record, Nashville-based Award winning singer-songwriter Mary Bragg’s fifth. She wasn’t even planning to record an album and has released her most personal one … Read more
Vinyl Confessions: Bobby the Bard
By Ira Kantor By the time he hit age 37, the late, great Bobby Womack had lived a lifetime of accomplishment and tragedy. From the deaths of his mentor … Read more
Flora Cash
Flora Cash, a Stockholm-based duo, brings their all to the world with their dreamy and emotionally beautiful new album, Nothing Lasts Forever (And It’s Fine). Every emotion possible seems to … Read more
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
Photos by Arnie Goodman Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives stopped in New York City for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert show, and stayed over to give us real-time … Read more
Ken Swartz and the Palace of Sin
Ken Swartz and the Palace of Sin 68 From the bouncy opening Reverend Gary Davis tune through a down-home reading of “Crow Black Chicken,” Ken Swartz’s deep love of blues … Read more
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
As grunge-rock was being hyped to death in the 1990s, seminal ‘70s progressive-rock institutions such as Emerson, Lake & Palmer were hardly given a chance to reclaim their former glory. … Read more
Taj Mahal & Keb Mo
Two of modern blues music’s true greats finally matched and paired in a simply wonderful release that’s bound to gain both men multitudes of new fans. This is an album … Read more
