Before It Was Before is a compilation from singer/multi-instrumentalist Dennis Rogers Reed, with the album documenting 30 years of recording for label/studio Plasticmeltdown. The previously unreleased tracks rely heavily on … Read more
There was an odd mix of good and bad luck for pop/rock artists who broke out in the mid-to-late ‘90s, as Fastball did. You could hardly miss these guys if … Read more
On Sometimes Dogs Bark at Nothing, singer/songwriter JP Harris provides a survey of country music, tackling wild rockabilly, crying-in-your-beer old school country, and Outlaw-style folk. Harris has an atypical country … Read more
To say that Nashville was once the Sodom and Gomorrah of the American South would be a bit of a stretch. Music City does have a colorful history, though, as … Read more
Sanctuary is a truly surprising release, a mix of downright, full-throttle blues and near-gospel tracks that come mostly from Lee’s own writing. Lee, blind since age eight or so, has … Read more
Born, raised, and musically-schooled in the colorful environs of Massachusetts and Vermont, Dave Keller recorded his fifth album in Texas, and it beams with the passion of a man deeply … Read more
Big changes were in store in 1954, when the very musical, French-Canadian Eric LeBlanc Sr. family moved from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, settling in Burbank, California and changing … Read more
Roy Schneider is finally ready to talk about Straight Inc. Housed for a year in one of the controversial drug rehabilitation centers—places accused of horrible abuses, until they closed in … Read more
In 2015, singer-songwriter Elle King’s hard-rocking first single, “Ex’s & Ohs,” played in every store and restaurant. King’s second CD busts loose with that familiar, danceable mix of rocking country, funk, … Read more
Journey to the Heart of the Blues features three positive blues masters. Anything with the wonderful Joe Louis Walker on guitar is bound to be a winner; add US keyboard … Read more
