Album Reviews

The Blue Orchids

Martin Bramah didn’t stick around long after the Fall’s 1979 debut LP, Live at the Witch Trials, hit the streets. In the Blue Orchids, the band he formed after leaving the … Read more

Andre Williams

Pushing 80, the nattily attired Motown expatriate and unabashed hustler Andre Williams doesn’t sugarcoat anything on I Wanna Go Back to Detroit. Expressing his fondness and concern for the hardscrabble, troubled … Read more

Professor Longhair

Despite a bevy of anthologies to rival the likes of Hank, Professor Longhair seems to only get the textbook accolades and a handful of retrospectives in regards to his live … Read more

Jeff Chaz

Jeff Chaz has apparently played with many gone bluesmen including Albert King and Little Milton, to name but two. And if this release is anything to go by, they sure … Read more

Shannon LaBrie

Music serves many purposes to many people, and no one completely agrees on what it should do, but there are few things that are pretty universal. Among them is this … Read more

Eric Ambel

Roscoe’s first album in way too long is a loose-limbed, minimalist, rock ‘n roll affair, a sure-fire continuation of the raw approach he’s taken over the decades. From the punk fueled … Read more

The Security Project

Gloriously uplifting and filled with a baptismal sense of immersion and transformation, Peter Gabriel’s solo works are prone to powerful, unpredictable mood swings. Not always so emotionally sunny, they can … Read more

A Resolve

A Resolve brings a state of agreement and it certainly applies to this effort, as it has been a long time in the making. Ryan Cordova, leader of the New … Read more

Jon Cleary

Jon Cleary won a career-first Grammy Award for his album GoGo Juice in the best regional roots category. And boy, does he deserve it. The regional roots he won for are … Read more