Reviews

Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.” ~ George Bernard Shaw Inviting and exciting from the title-track opener, this so-called “children’s music” … Read more

The Royal Hounds

As the title implies, this tongue-in-cheek fun with the Royal Rounds echoes the best of vintage rockabilly, rock ‘n’ roll and even those popular Coaster-like R&B records from the ‘50s. … Read more

The Dickey Betts Band

Dickey Betts—who, with Duane Allman, designed an enduring style of rock guitar harmony in the original Allman Brothers Band—came out of retirement in the spring of 2018 and began an … Read more

Binky Philips and The Planets

Missing from the packaging of Binky Philips and The Planets’ Established 1972 NYC, a smoking slab of rugged, down-and-dirty hard rock, is an expiration date. More than likely, they’ll have … Read more

Briggs Farm Blues Festival 2019

Photos by Tina Pastor Briggs Farm Blues Festival never fails to deliver a great experience. Somehow the weather is always impeccably beautiful—to the point where we could just coin the … Read more

Eyal Vilner Big Band

This could be a first. Eyal Vilner’s Big Band recorded this album live in the studio with dancers swing dancing while the band played. Through their three previous albums, the … Read more

Blue Moon Marquee

Here’s another in the long line of duo releases this year although the five guest contributors who play on most tracks make this sound more like a band outing. Blue … Read more

Grady Champion

        Before digging into the latest release by Mississippi soul-blues master Grady Champion, a little history lesson is in order. In the early 1980s, the blues was … Read more

Ben Levin

This young college student sounds so good playing the rollicking piano and singing like a veteran that it would be impossible for the uninformed listener to guess that Ben Levin … Read more