Tommy Womack’s Dust Bunnies: A Memoir
About the only lines from the Dusty Springfield hit “Son of a Preacher Man” that you could apply to this bona fide son of a preacher man’s memoir are, “Bein’ … Read more
Reviews
Tremblant International Blues Festival, July 5-14
Photos and text by Laura Carbone This July the award winning Tremblant International Blues Festival is celebrating its 26th year with stellar lineup of 60 international acts performing over 100 … Read more
The Black Watch
Galvanized by the ’90s’ scuzzy insurgency of Nirvana and other grunge subversives, who suddenly found themselves squinting at the glare of newfound discovery, the great escape of that decade’s indie-rock … Read more
Keb’ Mo’
On his last outing back in 2017 with veteran bluesman Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’ deservedly picked up a Grammy for the album TajMo. No newcomer to the Grammy process, that … Read more
Wes Montgomery
At least one mystery has been solved. The buried treasure of understated jazz guitar genius Wes Montgomery that was partially unearthed on 2012’s Echoes of Indiana Avenue was actually culled … Read more
Grant Farm
Hailed by Jim Lauderdale and Neal Casal as one of the top bands in that vaunted intersection of country, bluegrass, and especially rock ’n’ roll, Grant Farm continues to carve … Read more
Richard X. Heyman
Worthy of being lifted in triumph by a bespectacled cult of pop classicists and rock music-obsessives, Pop Circles is the bright, immersive 13th album from the one-man, technicolor song factory … Read more
Nashville Sound: An Illustrated Timeline
Owen Bradley and Chet Atkins, two of the architects of what was called “The Nashville Sound” probably got tired of defining it ad nauseam for reporters over the years, and … Read more
Rusty Tinder
Cheaper than going to a psychologist, Dear to You is good, honest medicine for the heart and the soul. It doesn’t have any dangerous side effects, and it’s all organic, … Read more
Carla Olson & Todd Wolfe
Lately it seems we have been hearing plenty of records from couples, most being husband and wife duos. Carla Olson and Todd Wolfe are just two kindred spirits who have … Read more
