The ABC&D Of Boogie Woogie – Live In Paris (Eagle)
Recorded live at a chic club in Paris, this tour de force of four world-class players takes off with “Bonsoir Boogie!” and rips through 14 mostly original tracks of the … Read more
Album Reviews
Amanda Shires – Down Fell The Doves (Lightning Rod)
Now that Amanda Shires has relocated to Nashville and married fellow singer/songwriter Jason Isbell, has her music changed? Thankfully, it’s every bit as good as it always was. Perhaps it’s … Read more
The New Gary Burton Quartet – Guided Tour (Mack Avenue)
Gary Burton, the pioneer of the four-mallet vibraphone technique, again exhibits his unfaltering vision of what playing that instrument should be in his newest release, Guided Tour. Joined by 25-year-old … Read more
Marshall Chapman – Blaze Of Glory (Tallgirl)
From the Bo Diddley-inspired duet with Todd Snider, “Love in the Wind,” to the rocking “I Don’t Want Nobody,” to the relaxed comfort of Hoagy Carmichael’s “The Nearness of You,” … Read more
Honey Island Swamp Band – Cane Sugar (Louisiana Red Hot)
They’re irresistible by their name alone, which refers to a wild river swamp in southeast Louisiana. However, it’s the songs on Cane Sugar, the fourth album by the New Orleans-based … Read more
Gogol Bordello – Pura Vida Conspiracy (ATO Records)
Don’t let frontman Eugene Hütz’s outrageous mustache fool you; this is no joke. While it’s true that Gogol Bordello’s balls-to-the-wall hybrid of punk and Romani music, with its broken-English verses … Read more
Warren Hood Band – Warren Hood Band (Red Parlor)
Good songs, good playing, good vocals; it all leads to good times for all who listen to the Warren Hood Band. This tight little Texas trio sounds like they are … Read more
Solomon Burke – Live At Montreux 2006 CD/DVD (Eagle Rock)
Soul singer Solomon Burke grew up listening to Philadelphia shout bands that made joyful, healing church music loud enough to be heard in Heaven. He had a trumpet-like brightness in … Read more
Jimmy Webb – Still Within The Sound Of My Voice (eOne Music)
Jimmy Webb writes hits, and the many stars who owe their gold records to him—or would like to—showed up in the studio to pay their respects and lend their talents … Read more
Mike Stinson – Hell and Half of Georgia (Poplar Cove)
Mike Stinson’s outlaw honky-tonk music bristles with the sidearm-carrying immodesty of Billy Joe Shaver and the trailer-park poeticism of John Prine. But Stinson’s broken heart doesn’t slump in a deep … Read more
