Album Reviews

Miles Davis & John Coltrane

=These long sought-out performances by collectors are now available in pristine sound quality—the official release of five concerts from the last tour of John Coltrane as a sideman, the inaugural … Read more

Suzanne Slair

Suzanne Slair may initially give one the impression she is a country artist but while there are some country elements in her work, she is mostly a pop artist, much … Read more

Banjo Nickaru and Western Scooches

This duo’s nicknames may be too cute by half, but their hippie-like spirit manages to be heartwarming without crossing into corny (and hey, names never stopped the String Cheese Incident … Read more

Tim Grimm and the Family Band

The very definition of folk singer, Tim Grimm tells stories which make listeners believe he is baring his soul to us. Maybe he is, I don’t know or care: the … Read more

David Myles

David Myles frequents the same tailor as Buddy Holly and—thankfully—the same muse, but he’s cheating on that muse with the muse of folk-jazz, whoever that is. With catchy, throbbing, simple-but-not-boring … Read more

Don McLean

If ever there was a song that simply grabbed the world with force, beauty and a sing-a-long quality that has seldom been rivaled, it must surely be Don McLean’s truly … Read more

Deva Mahal

The last name should ring a bell. Deva Mahal just happens to be the daughter of blues legend Taj Mahal, and her debut album, Run Deep, is nothing less than … Read more

The Dean Ween Group

Once a class clown, always a class clown. As irreverent as ever, Dean Ween, co-founder of the eclectic, recently reunited ‘90s alternative-rock pranksters Ween, bucks the sophomore slump with a … Read more

Matthews Southern Comfort

  In ´80s a snarky joke went something like, One valley girl asks another, Did you know that Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings? That came to mind … Read more