Lucie Silvas – Lucie Silvas
Rocker Lucie Silvas has joined the ranks of fellow Brits who are invading the US yet again, this time physically. The South has seen Robert Plant (Led Zep), Leo Lyons … Read more
Reviews
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Nine young South Africans, four of them sons or grandsons of the group’s originator, Joseph Shabalala, continue true to the musical tradition he started in 1964. I first heard this … Read more
Junior Wells – Southside Blues Jam
Southside Blues Jam, originally recorded in 1970, is an album that lives up to its title. Rather than try to dazzle listeners with show-stopping solos or intricate arrangements, Wells and … Read more
Bush
Photos by Bob Parsons In the early ’90s, I remember having tedious drawn-out conversations over Bush. If you liked Nirvana, you couldn’t like Bush. If you liked Bush, you … Read more
Peter Wolf and the Midnight Travelers
A Bronx boy by origin and at heart, Wolf was on home turf with three of his trusty Midnight Travelers: guitarists Duke Levine, Kevin Barry, and bassist Marty Ballou. Opening … Read more
Jason Isbell
Damien Jurado opened for Jason Isbell and he was outstanding. Anyone who can sit on a chair with only his voice and guitar and keep the attention of the audience … Read more
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – So Delicious
Hell has officially been raised by this damn ‘big’ band and, judging by the state of things, it is not going to settle down quickly or easily.This band is lead … Read more
The Reverend Horton Heat
Deep in the heart of America, no matter what city you are in, exists this other culture, frozen in the time, before the Beatles played Ed Sullivan, where Elvis is … Read more
Scars on 45
After a high seas bacchanal on the Rock Boat, indie-pop band Scars on 45 were glad to spend an evening playing in a fan’s living room. The four musicians from … Read more
