King Solomon Hicks
When this writer first heard of King Solomon Hicks, he was described as “sings like Sam Cooke and plays guitar like B.B. King.” Yikes, those were lofty accolades for the … Read more
Reviews
Chris Maxwell
Welding together experimental junk-rock sculptures out of a messy garage full of industrial noise, strident funk and buzz saws of cutting, angular guitars, New York’s Skeleton Key somehow unlocked the … Read more
Roomful of Blues
In a Roomful of Blues indeed. In the wake of more than 50 years of high-steppin’, blues-rooted hootin’ and hollerin’, and after some 60 members walked in and out of … Read more
Chanda Rule and the Sweet Emma Band
Hold On is the second album on this label from soultress-jazz vocalist and songwriter Chanda Rule and it is quite different from last year’s debut, Sapphire Dreams, in which she … Read more
Della Mae
Della Mae trusts in Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, just as the all-female string band has faith in the honesty of women brave enough to come forward to share their stories … Read more
Juliana MacDowell
The peppy, bouncy vibe of the opening “I Like” belies singer-songwriter Julian MacDowell’s battles to conquer anxiety stemming from a staggering amount of personal loss. If music is truly a … Read more
Ben Rice & RB Stone
When you think of cigar box guitars, you think of a raw, raunchy sound but not necessarily of the relatively cleaner sounding Chuck Berry or Creedence. Ben Rice and RB … Read more
Al Gold
New Jersey-based guitarist and vocalist Al Gold offers a potpourri of blues styles on his punny, tongue-in-cheek titled Al Gold’s Paradise. This is a loose, free-flowing session anchored by his … Read more
Luke Haines & Peter Buck
The door to a sprawling and often dark psychedelic-pop playground opens after kindred oddball spirits Luke Haines & Peter Buck ask, “Is anybody there?” Eccentric geniuses such as The Ramones, … Read more
Hat Fitz & Cara
One is a craggy Australian guitarist with a weatherworn voice known to work fertile hill country blues soil until his fingers bleed. The other is an Irish songbird turned drummer … Read more
