Theotis Taylor
The nonprofit Music Maker Relief Foundation has done a masterful job in helping us rediscover long lost blues and gospel artists. Case in point is living legend gospel singer and … Read more
Album Reviews
Marcel Smith
The eclectic nonprofit record label Little Village Foundation, which exists to shine a light on underground artists in and near California, has found its voice. From a young age, Marcel … Read more
Jonathan McEuen
Journeyman Jonathon (not in that band) McEuen has played and recorded long enough (well over a quarter century) with such a wide variety of legendary musicians that anything written or … Read more
Paul Rodgers
Everyone knows “All Right Now.” Released in 1970, the song has received more than 3,000,000 airplays in the United States alone, but how many other Free songs can you name? … Read more
The Record Company
I became an enthusiastic fan of the Record Company based on their live performances; their first CD, 2016’s Give It Back To You, confirmed my expectation that this band was on … Read more
Liz Frame and The Kickers
Sometimes kicking off an album with the title track can be risky. A sharp salesperson usually likes to hold back on their “snake in the bag” to seal the deal … Read more
Gin Blossoms
“Maturity” is such a dirty word in rock ‘n’ roll. It doesn’t seem like an obscenity, though, when thrown around in any in-depth discussion of the songwriting craftsmanship and … Read more
Russ Green
Russ Green sounds like anything but a recording rookie on this debut effort. The harmonicist/vocalist from Chicago penned all ten originals, backed by select group of the city’s best session … Read more
Steve Dawson
Chamber blues? Rapid-fire folk? The guitar and strings music within this Lucky Hand could be described several ways. In the hands of Vancouver, British Columbia’s Steve Dawson and his friends, … Read more
Byron Isaacs
Romantic obsession turns dark in the brooding “Losing You” and the troubling, yet seductive, “Crazy Love” from Byron Isaacs’ absorbing debut solo album Disappearing Man. Coming from a founding member … Read more
