Album Reviews

Eric Brace & Peter Cooper

Eric Brace and Peter Cooper document their impressionistic experiences in the thriving folk and bluegrass scene in the Washington D.C. area of the seventies. Both the title track and “He … Read more

Sugarcane Collins

An artist so sweet it’s in the name – Sugarcane Collins’ refreshingly traditional Going Back to Clarksdale is the tried and true work of a master blues interpreter. Collins’ latest … Read more

Tommy Castro and the Painkillers

Tommy Castro has been in the biz for four decades, earning fans the old fashion way- traveling the world, playing thousands of shows and performing unique roots/blues/rock blends for the … Read more

Gretchen Peters

The success of her last two records, 2015’s Blackbirds and 2013’s Hello Cruel World, have greatly elevated awareness of Gretchen Peters, who stands at the pinnacle of  highly literate and … Read more

Van Wilks

Van Wilks’ 21st Century Blues proves that the bluesy rockin’ guitarist still delivers an inescapable rush of adrenaline, like a fast-moving train, across several major musical landscapes. The non-traditional Texas … Read more

Bill Frisell

Very few musicians are as adept at re-imagining and reinventing the familiar as Bill Frisell has been throughout his expansive solo catalog that exceeds 40 albums, not to mention his … Read more

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Tedeschi Trucks Band

Everybody’s talking about Tedeschi Trucks Band. When Derek Trucks was a teenager two decades ago, guitar heads were falling all over themselves raving that he was among the greatest ever. … Read more

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Buddy Miller & Friends

If Buddy Miller ran for election, he could become Mayor of Nashville, as he has become a magnet for projects involving multiple artists. Buddy built his unassailable reputation first as … Read more

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Breaking away from his efforts as a sideman with the Chris Robinson Brotherhood and his ongoing efforts as part of Ryan Adams’ backing band, the Cardinals, Neal Casal can now … Read more

Circles Around The Sun

It’s fair to say Neal Casal is something of a multi-tasker, especially given a prodigious career that’s taken him from Rickey Medlocke’s band Blackfoot early on, to steadfast service as … Read more