Reviews

Bobby Whitlock & Coco Carmel

All Photos By Arnie Goodman Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Bobby Whitlock and his wife Coco Carmel, who plays multiple instruments herself, transformed B.B. King’s into an intimate setting last night, … Read more

Papadosio

All Photos By Mandy Pichler Papadosio brought its Extras in a Movie tour to the Windy City on October 9th, and they didn’t disappoint. The filled-to-rafters crowd (three stories high) … Read more

Bottle Rockets

Everybody knows someone like this: the grizzled old rocker, working construction or in a machine shop, who has a dog and a pickup truck and plays guitar in his band … Read more

The Toadies

Ya know, this is what really irks me about music these days – there are countless of (let’s just say) “artists” out there with limited talent that are getting huge … Read more

Chick Corea & Béla Fleck

If true musical invention is the product of unceasing experimentation, then it should come as no surprise that Chick Corea and Béla Fleck have broken ground on something altogether new in … Read more

Tommy Keene

A committed power pop purist, Tommy Keene has a creative trajectory that dates back to the ’80s. With both major label and indie output to his credit, not to mention … Read more

George Strait

For fans of George Strait who didn’t get to his final concert at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on June 7, 2014, this DVD is the next best thing to … Read more

Fairground Saints

Don’t judge the CD by the almost indistinguishable cover photo on the Fairground Saints’ self-titled debut. The album’s fuzzy image of three silhouettes against a dusty sunset clearly contradicts the … Read more

Lorraine Feather

“This is the first of my albums to be made up wholly of romantic love songs. The songs that my collaborators and I wrote emphasize the risk that goes along … Read more