Reviews

The Arcs

Dan Auerbach, a.k.a. modern music’s King Midas, has wielded his golden touch once again to give us an album that sounds like it was concocted in a caramel-laced melting pot … Read more

The Nightowls

These ten young white guys and gals from Austin, TX, prove that music transcends race, age and place of birth, as they write, perform and record a truly wonderful soul … Read more

Royal Southern Brotherhood

  Blues-rockers Royal Southern Brotherhood—consisting of Cyril Neville (keyboard/vocals), Yonrico Scott (drums), Charlie Wooton (bass guitar), Bart Walker (guitar) and Tyrone Vaughan (guitar)— recently performed two shows in New York, and … Read more

Jimmy Burns

Chicago soul/blues favorite, Jimmy Burns, is back with his fourth Delmark studio release, his first in 12 years. And, damn! He proves once again why his vocals and cover interpretations … Read more

Vintage Trouble

LA-based Vintage Trouble, fresh off opening for AC/DC in front of 80,000 fans the night before in Quebec, showed a Saturday night Burlington, Vermont crowd why they are one of … Read more

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

  Contemporary swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy appeared at the Cabot decked to the nines in pinstripe suits and fedoras. The group got into gear around track three for … Read more

The California Honeydrops

Starting out busking on Bay Area streets, this quintet (trumpet, guitar, keyboards, trombone, bass, percussion and vocals among them) delivers catchy, jazzy feel-good music normally associated with New Orleans and … Read more

Carlos Santana

Photos by Scott Smith   Carlos Santana began his illustrious career in 1966 when he formed the Santana Blues Band in San Francisco. His first step towards superstardom was taken … Read more

Dusty Springfield

I have one bitch about Come For a Dream but first I disclaim: with this release and the previous, Faithful (Springfield’s third recording for Atlantic) Real Gone is doing real right … Read more