Bitter’s Kiss
Bitter’s Kiss, the current project of New Jersey-based singer-songwriter Chloe Baker, takes listeners through the ebbs and flows of life’s many emotions. In the album’s tightly woven eight tracks, Baker … Read more
Reviews
Johnson and McAuley
The minute I walked into Rockwood, it turned into great night. Alexz Johnson, half of Johnson and McAuley, has been my favorite female artist for years, so it was quite … Read more
Margo Price
It’s very tempting, but perhaps presumptuous to suggest that Margo Price may shift from Americana singer into a mainstream country star along the lines of Chris Stapleton (I know I’m not … Read more
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa leaps like a hurdler over typical blues/rock guitar-slinger parameters. Proof can be savored in his three albums with acidic soul queen Beth Hart, certainly the two with his … Read more
John Mayall
Photos by Arnie Goodman The one thing we could count on since the early ’60s is that John Mayall would be touring with a great band. Mayall will always be … Read more
The Lost Poets
If Chris Cornell collaborated with Nick Cave and they added a dash of Queens of the Stone Age to the mix, it’d sound like Insubordia Pt. II, the latest album … Read more
Paul Carrack
A journeyman rocker by any other name wouldn’t boast a track record half as successfully as Paul Carrack. From his early days with Ace (and its hit single “How Long”) … Read more
Lee Harvey Osmond
For the last 70 years—and maybe since music was invented, I wasn’t there—some of the most interesting artists have worked without widespread success, oddly enough, because their music had too … Read more
Parsonsfield
After ten minutes of Parsonsfield’s showcase at Folk Alliance last month, Elmore photographer Mandy Pichler announced, “I think this is my favorite new band!” I wasn’t far behind her, and … Read more
George Harrison
There’s nothing that can be said about George Harrison that hasn’t been said before. Although his tenure with the Beatles found him laboring in the shadows of Lennon and paul … Read more
