Album Reviews

George Michael

Gambling with his flourishing career following the massive commercial success of 1987’s sleek, infectious funk/R&B party Faith, George Michael went all in with 1990’s follow-up Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1. … Read more

Andre Bisson

“I Got the Right” from Andre Bisson’s latest release, Break, really shows off the musician’s versatility. This is a melting pot of blues, R&B, Motown, and a ton of musical … Read more

Eric Johnson

Austin native and guitar maestro Eric Johnson has been playing since he was 15 years old. With influences ranging from Jimi Hendrix to Chet Atkins, Johnson’s music is rooted in … Read more

Jim Kweskin

To many, these days the name Jim Kweskin will have little meaning. On the other hand, for those of a certain age with some memory-banks still sparking, he’s a guy … Read more

America

Sort of a scrapbook of the early, unfinished works of ‘70s soft-rock golden boys America, Heritage: Home Recordings/Demos 1970-1973 is worth flipping through. Enough clues to predict their rise to … Read more

Billy Burnette

“I’m not getting any younger.” Ain’t that the truth, but Burnette comes on like Mighty Bill Young with the opening track of “Tear It Up” his father Dorsey Burnette and … Read more

Johnny Nicholas

You’ve often heard the term triple threat or even quadruple threat associated with both athletes and musicians. Yet, we could think of Johnny Nicholas as a triple regional catalyst, a … Read more

Alice Cooper

Alice is back! With his first new material in six years, Alice Cooper shows he hasn’t lost a step in songwriting—and we always knew his performances remain equal to the … Read more

Michael Packer

I Am The Blues, from the late Michael Packer, who passed only a few months ago, is an absolutely solid body of work, the final musical denouement from a New … Read more

Krystle Warren

Singers like Krystle Warren don’t come along every day. Possessed of a deep, rich timbre, her masterful, androgynous vocals seem haunted by history on her quietly captivating new album Three … Read more