Mates of State
Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner of Mates of State are the definition of a power couple. The two are husband and wife, parents and bandmates who create beautifully happy music … Read more
Album Reviews
Shinyribs
Kevin Russell’s band manages to keep up with his eccentricities, but God knows how. He writes songs about convenience stores, root vegetables and dead batteries. Hell, I don’t know what … Read more
The SteelDrivers
The SteelDrivers have seen a few personnel changes over the years. Ever since guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Gary Nichols, from Muscle Shoals, AL, joined the group, and his influence permeates every nook and … Read more
Ken Will Morton
Ken Will Morton’s already been widely hailed as the best singer/songwriter too few people have ever heard, and that bears repeating here. What’s especially impressive on this album is that … Read more
Linda Ronstadt
For all that’s compelling and gratifying about this 15-song display of Ronstadt’s artistry, the cruel fact is, because of Parkinson’s Disease, she’ll never perform again, a loss that many, myself … Read more
Dusty Springfield
The story about Faithful—Springfield’s planned 1971 album ultimately shelved by Atlantic and never released in its entirety until now—is told by her eyes on the front sleeve. She’s inviting you … Read more
Maura Kennedy
In the age of the mass hysteria of Dancing with the Stars and The Voice, it is a serious reset for me to reluctantly proclaim the arrival of new Kennedys Music. … Read more
Hollis Brown
When last I encountered Hollis Brown, in 2009, I reviewed their Astoria, Queens garage rock debut with highly-charged delight. Since then, the band has exchanged half its members while founding … Read more
The Grahams
Rather unexpectedly, a fairly simple concept resulted in three major projects. Following their 2013 debut, Riverman’s Daughter, husband and wife team, Alyssa and Doug Graham, decided to ride the rails … Read more
The Minus 5
Minus 5 linchpin Scott McCaughey (of Seattle’s unsung pop rockers The Young Fresh Fellows) may or may not have been aware that he was assembling, from a limited edition vinyl … Read more
