The McKee Brothers
In my radio days I had a caller who often said, “You can never have too many horns.” It is the horn charts that drew me to this record, but … Read more
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley is a pretty easy sell. Like most iconic and late musicians, there is a plethora of new releases that just shake up what’s already been heard. Case and … Read more
Alessandro Fadini
A lone, edgy sax intros the title track, an equally jumpy, (kudos to the fluid pump and bump of bassist Jakob Dreyer) though tightly wound backstreet riff that unfolds like … Read more
Bill Lloyd
Bill Lloyd has an impeccable history, one that began when he co-helmed the pop country duo Foster and Lloyd and then continued into a solo career that’s seen him become … Read more
Terrapin Family Band
Photos by Lou Montesano The Terrapin Family Band is an amorphous group of musicians sometimes led by Grateful Dead co-founder and bassist, Phil Lesh, and sometimes by the guitar and … Read more
Johnny Nicholas
The late Stephen Bruton comes to mind. After all, Johnny Nicholas is essentially playing with Bruton’s old band, the Resentments sans Jon Dee Graham, like he did on his 2011 … Read more
Seth Walker
Seth Walker is a bluesman dressed up as an Americana artist. I’ve always felt that way about him since I first saw him perform at the Americana Music Conference over … Read more
Bill Kirchen & Austin de Lone
Photos by Arnie Goodman Bill Kirchen made his annual appearance at Joe’s Pub, this year with Austin de Lone, his partner on their latest CD, Transatlanticana; the two men … Read more
Bonnie Raitt and Richard Thompson
Both of these good friends, Bonnie Raitt and Richard Thompson, have been performing for almost 50 years now, and their professionalism and immense talents were in peak form at the … Read more
Blues-en-Loire Music Festival
The Loire is France’s last true, wild, untamed river– a meandering, sprawling affair that mirrors its US counterpart, the Mississippi, by frequently flooding, bursting its banks, claiming lives and capturing … Read more
