The Reverend Shawn Amos
This is a guy who sure knows how to rock; a blues-sailor riding the storm, switching from gospel through R&B rocky-torrents to pretty straight, full-on modern blues, with both eyes … Read more
Reviews
Steppenwolf
One of the many calamities of the robotically insidious classic rock format is that most of today’s listeners who aren’t deaf or dead know Steppenwolf for only two songs (both … Read more
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
They say, “She who leaves a trail of glitter behind is never forgotten,” but what happens when she also plays slide guitar like a boss? Grace Potter stands in … Read more
A.J. Croce
In a prescient move, Compass Records has re-mastered A.J. Croce’s sophomore recording That’s Me In The Bar, twenty years after the album reached the Top 10 on the U.S. Blues … Read more
Izzy Young
This DVD is a recent release of a docu-film originally recorded by a Swedish crew back in the mists of the late 1980s. As such, it has loads of evocative, … Read more
Dusty Springfield
I have one bitch about Come For a Dream, but first I disclaim: with this release and the previous Faithful (Dusty’s third recording for Atlantic), Real Gone is doing real … Read more
Grand Point North Festival
All photos by Laura Carbone Burlington’s Waterfront Park was bristling with energy as people waited for the Harwood Union High School Assembly Band to kickoff the fifth annual Grand Point … Read more
The Food Truck & Rock Carnival
Can you think of anything that pairs better with fried food and carnival rides than a seriously lethal dose of rock n roll? Neither can we, which is why we sent … Read more
Delta Deep
If you’re into good old spiritual, emotional and thought provoking rock n roll, look no further than Delta Deep. Comprised of Phil Collen (Def Leppard, Manraze), Debbi Blackwell-Cook, Forrest Robinson … Read more
Michael Rank and Stag
Michael Rank and Stag’s music is so soothing and relaxing that I initially dismissed it too quickly– only to find the sound lingering in my head days later. Thankfully, I went … Read more
