Reviews

Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’

One of the most difficult things for mega name artists to pull off is to meet expectations when so much hype precedes the album. In that vein, I love Keb’ … Read more

Diana Krall

  Multi-Grammy Award winner Diana Krall doesn’t need to prove a thing at this point in her career. She’s returned to the style that made her popular to begin with, … Read more

David Childers

Here’s another relatively unheralded singer-songwriter making a strong impact. David Childers reminds me of the Kris Kristofferson line, “He’s a walking contradiction.” Even his song titles have that flavor as … Read more

Leo “Bud” Welch

Leo Bud Welch is a Delta Blues musician born in 1932, in Sabougla, Mississippi. For most of Leo’s life up until 2014, he just performed in the Delta region. In … Read more

Chris Stapleton

The first time I saw Chris Stapleton live was in a hotel room for a radio taping with his then band, The Steeldrivers, nine years ago. Drawn to his soulful … Read more

Mary Bragg

There’s a raw, haunting quality to this record, Nashville-based Award winning singer-songwriter Mary Bragg’s fifth. She wasn’t even planning to record an album and has released her most personal one … Read more

Flora Cash

Flora Cash, a Stockholm-based duo, brings their all to the world with their dreamy and emotionally beautiful new album, Nothing Lasts Forever (And It’s Fine). Every emotion possible seems to … Read more

Ken Swartz and the Palace of Sin

Ken Swartz and the Palace of Sin 68 From the bouncy opening Reverend Gary Davis tune through a down-home reading of “Crow Black Chicken,” Ken Swartz’s deep love of blues … Read more

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

As grunge-rock was being hyped to death in the 1990s, seminal ‘70s progressive-rock institutions such as Emerson, Lake & Palmer were hardly given a chance to reclaim their former glory. … Read more