Andy T-Nick Nixon Band – Livin’ It Up (Delta Groove)
Back with their sophomore effort is the Andy T – Nick Nixon Band, with producer Anson Funderburgh once again in control. Last year’s debut, Drink Drank Drunk, scored well on … Read more
Reviews
Ian Hunter – Strings Attached (MIG/Universal)
Despite his affinity for unabashed and irreverent full-tilt rock ‘n’ roll, Ian Hunter’s always been a rather pensive type of rock star, one who peers at circumstance from the inside … Read more
Joseph LeMay – Seventeen Acres (Self-released)
This is such an exquisitely, lushly produced album that you’d never know the genesis for these songs were cast on a desolate farm in west Tennessee. LeMay described it this … Read more
Sinéad O’Connor – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss (Nettwerk)
Sinéad O’Connor has never cared very much about what people think of her and, now that she’s in her late 40s, she seems to care even less. Here, as ever, … Read more
Mary Sarah – Bridges (Cleopatra Records)
Imagine that you are a 19-year-old aspiring country singer and you are looking to record your second album. You’ve been coached and trained from an early age for stardom on … Read more
Hamell On Trial – The Happiest Man In The World (New West…
He’s been called a “one-man Tarantino flick” by the Village Voice. Ed Hamell, better known as the ant-folk hero Hamell On Trial, has released the ninth album in his 25-year … Read more
Lucero – Live From Atlanta (Liberty And Lament)
In the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, southern rock had a defined identity, a mystique of sorts embellished by dueling guitars, a snarling lead singer and a rebel-with-a-cause identification fuelled … Read more
Spoon – They Want My Soul (Loma Vista)
Spoon is a good band. I wish this review could just be the sentence “Spoon is a good band,” one thousand times but it can’t because I’m a music review … Read more
Great South Bay Music Festival / Shorefront Park / Patchogue, NY
At the eighth annual Great South Bay Music Festival, held just yards from the Atlantic Ocean, 16,000 fans enjoyed three days of music, food and crafts on Long Island’s beautiful … Read more
Brian Setzer – Rockabilly Riot!: All Original (Surfdog)
For the past 30 years or so, Brian Setzer has made a career out of retooling rockabilly, an essential form of rock ‘n’ roll that preceded the arrival of the … Read more
