Louis “Gearshifter” Youngblood
Recently we lost the undiscovered Mississippi bluesman, Leo “Bud” Welch, who created quite a stir the last couple of years. Now, again through the efforts of folks like Jimbo Mathus … Read more
Album Reviews
Chris Smither
After a gap of a few years, US acoustic wizard, Chris Smither has resurfaced with a new, 16-track, double album bristling with his ever-quirky look at life, love and all … Read more
John Mayall
The veteran UK bluesman John Mayall is nothing if not a survivor. A guy who has weathered the changing nature, styles, fads and trials of the music scene for around … Read more
Mick Kolassa
Mississippi-based guitarist and vocalist Mick Kolassa gathers a bunch of his friends for duets in this set of blues standards. Blues is often rowdy and raucous, but here Kolassa and … Read more
Janiva Magness
Detroit native Janiva Magness overcame tragedy and adversity in her personal life to carve out a career as a blues singer. She earned a string of Blues Music Association awards … Read more
Chris Hillman
I confess to having missed Chris Hillman’s Asylum years. I liked Souther-Hillman-Furay and McGuinn, Clark and Hillman, but in between, Hillman released two solo albums: Slippin’ Away in 1976 and … Read more
Harvey McLaughlin
Listening to Harvey McLaughlin’s debut solo album in this present day and age of fake news and fakebooks, might transport some to down on the corner of Reality Road and … Read more
Various Artists
Lying fallow for almost the entirety of 1966, save for silky, flowing gowns of singles like “Wait ‘Til Then” and “When I’m Alone” from classy singer Rita Doryse, Baltimore’s Ru-Jac … Read more
Big Star
Omnivore Recordings has released Big Star Live At Lafayette’s Music Room on CD, digitally, and for the first time, on a double L.P. This recording dates back to 1973 and … Read more
Nina Simone
There has been quite a bit of media attention, (both in print and film) in the past few years on the up and down controversial life of Nina Simone, who … Read more
