Crash / Union Pool / Brooklyn, NY / July 29th, 2014
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is not like the rest of the country. The local Chinese restaurant opens at noon and closes at 6AM, for example. Union Pool, an old pool supply warehouse … Read more
Reviews
Chicago – NOW: Chicago XXXVI (Frontiers Records)
Does anybody really know what time it is? It’s time for Chicago’s vigorous return to the pantheon of music royalty. In the world of rock, Chicago was always the big … Read more
Janiva Magness – Original (Fathead Records)
Career trajectories can take some interesting turns. Janiva Magness rose from relative obscurity to winning four Blues Awards and three highly acclaimed albums during her six year period with Alligator … Read more
Delbert McClinton / B.B. King Blues Club & Grill / New York,…
He’s baaack, and badder than ever. Delbert McClinton was forced to postpone his April show at B.B. King’s (and his show at New Orleans’ Jazz Fest, where he was scheduled … Read more
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival / Walsh Farm / Oak Hill, NY /…
Every year, bluegrass cognoscenti descend on the Catskills for four days of some of the greatest string music on the East Coast. Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival has a long … Read more
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye (Warner Bros.)
It’s hard to believe that not only has it been four years since the release of Mojo, Tom Petty’s last studio album with the Heartbreakers, but also an astounding eight … Read more
Shawn Amos – The Reverend Shawn Amos Tells It (Put Together)
For a debut blues album, Shawn Amos sets not only the studio on fire, but he also instigates an inferno in the whole damn building with an electrifying performance. To … Read more
Eric Clapton & Friends – The Breeze (An Appreciation Of J.J. Cale)…
J.J. Cale died about a year ago, but his music will absolutely live on forever. Cale’s incredibly unique, complex mix of blues, country, folk, rock ‘n’ roll, and jazz always … Read more
Teenage Fanclub / Pier 84 at Hudson River Park / New York,…
“This is the first show we’ve played in two years,” warned Norman Blake as Teenage Fanclub kicked off their performance in front of an excited New York crowd. Quite honestly, … Read more
Hollis Brown / DROM / New York, NY / July 17th, 2014
Evidently touring Europe for a month had an auspicious effect on Hollis Brown, who sold out Madrid and performed in front of 4,000 people in the Netherlands. Not too shabby … Read more
