Album Reviews

Plastic Yellow Band

Gerald Jennings’s new project, Plastic Yellow Band, is a remix of sorts of the classic rock sounds from the ’60s and ’70s that inspired him and countless others. Even the … Read more

Marty Balin

The silver-tongued devil who indelibly impressed sexy love songs on our brains and loins in the ’60s and ’70s has reprised two CDs worth of classic Jefferson Airplane/Starship works, offering … Read more

Luther Dickinson

As much as anything, this project is an extension of Luther’s Onward and Upward from 2009, a heartfelt gospel and blues homage to his father, James Luther Dickinson, which was recorded mostly with … Read more

Lucinda Williams

This is Lucinda’s “Van Morrison” album. While last year’s double CD, Down Where the Spirt Meets the Bone, represented an organic, more casual approach than her previous efforts, this one … Read more

The Pines

Picture the mist over fields in the early spring. Some sections are dense, while others have a wispy quality, the perfect image to describe the music of the Pines, with … Read more

Freakwater

One might be forgiven for feeling some confusion as far as Freakwater is concerned. Never mind the fact that much of the band’s line-up is interchangeable with that of the … Read more

The O’s

What if Bob Dylan gave the Coen Brothers a call and asked to collaborate on the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack? It might sound a little something like Honeycomb, … Read more

Chris Storrow

In a flurry of instantly catchy and terrifically breezy pop songs, Chris Storrow’s The Ocean Door yields nuggets of bona fide A.M. dial gold. Traversing Zombies-esque non sequiturs to the … Read more

Marlena

When anyone decides to break into the music scene they need two key tools– a strong desire and a hell of a voice. This could certainly be said for singer/songwriter … Read more

Zach Madden

Zach Madden’s Daybreak Songs is an album filled with intimate tracks and simple melodies. There’s an abundance of quietly strummed acoustic guitar, hints of violin and backing female vocals that … Read more