Michael Logen
Michael Logen seems like a mellow enough guy, what with a sophomore set that sounds tailor made for adult rock radio. While he occasionally ups the ante, those moments of … Read more
Album Reviews
Dan Pratt
New York based saxophonist and composer Dan Pratt releases his fourth album, entitled Hymn for the Happy Man. Pratt’s last two releases were based in an organ group setting, but the … Read more
Miroslav Vitous
You figure if anyone can freely and wildly deconstruct, reshape, and rebuild the lasting themes and improvisational spirit of Weather Report, it would be, and should be, its founding bassist … Read more
Keith Morris & the Crooked Numbers
I recently photographed and reviewed a Cowboy Junkies concert, as well as their latest album. In the process, their PR person, Liz Campanile, asked if I would like a CD … Read more
Left Lane Cruiser
“Don’t ever wash me” should be plainly written in the caked dirt plastered to the gutbucket punk-blues wagon Left Lane Cruiser and never erased. Slinging hot plates of greasy, loud … Read more
Biscuits for Your Outside Man
The Music Maker Relief Foundation does some really great things to keep American music traditions alive. Based in North Carolina, the foundation exists to assist musicians 55 years and older … Read more
Jack Ingram
Despite a career that spans some 20 years and eight studio albums, Jack Ingram’s name has never really figured amongst the other icons who have carved reputations from similarly rootsy … Read more
Allen Ginsberg
I can hear you groaning out there: Why is this oddity getting review space in Elmore? Shouldn’t this handsomely packaged, 3-CD set be getting its props in some obscure poetry … Read more
The Small Glories
A marriage made in Winnipeg, the Small Glories combine the talents of Cara Luft and JD Edwards. If Luft’s name sounds familiar, it’s because she was a founding member of … Read more
Albert Castiglia
Albert Castiglia has always been adept at blurring the lines between rock and blues, and his latest album Big Dog offers ample reasons why. Produced by contemporary bluesman Mike Zito, Big … Read more
