Delta Moon – Low Down
You can have more chops than a slaughterhouse on delivery day, but if the delivery’s run-of-the-mill and the songs aren’t there, it’ll all be for naught. These are not concerns in … Read more
Album Reviews
10,000 Maniacs – Twice Told Tales
When a band loses the a singer that was once such a vital part of their signature sound, the future for that outfit becomes uncertain at best. For all the … Read more
Tony Bennett & Bill Evans – The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings
Despite having similar musical attributes and often drawing from the same repertoire of songs, the worlds of vocal pop and jazz, in the post-swing era, rarely converge. There are exceptions, … Read more
Tad Robinson – Day Into Night
The simmering soul groove of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On has always, for me, represented the perfect late night listen. While I’m not putting this album in that same desert … Read more
Joel Rafael – Baladista
An heir to Woody Guthrie’s throne, Joel Rafael sings not only of social change and injustice, but of love and loss. Baladista, his ninth and most personal album, speaks more … Read more
Seth Glier – If I Could Change One Thing
Seth Glier’s trio packs a wallop, partly because everything they do strikes a familiar chord but nothing they do fits a formula. Folk lyrics with a pop feel, philosophical musings with … Read more
Liz Longley – Liz Longley
With her new self titled album, Liz Longley joins a really competitive genre of female singer songwriters alongside the likes of Patty Griffin, Aimee Mann, Rosanne Cash, and on and on. Not … Read more
David Amram – This Land
At 84, David Amram still inspires and marvels at our potential and possibilities. And though he characteristically would pooh-pooh such platitudes, he stands beyond the Beats, Bop, The Beatles, Bernstein, … Read more
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
Forget any notion of a sophomore jinx, and dismiss the perception of Alabama Shakes as a one woman band. It’s not just about powerhouse vocalist Brittany Howard alone anymore. It’s as … Read more
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – Live In 1967
This album sounds like a group of white British blues rockers playing the blues. Is that because all the white, British blues rockers came through John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers? Yes. Well … Read more
