Reviews

Rick Vito

Chances are very good that you’ve heard Rick Vito’s signature guitar playing before. Accolades from his peers are quite astounding, whether it be John Mayall, Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Steve … Read more

Kiss at Madison Square Garden

Photos by Carl Scheffel/MSG Photos** and Heidi Lenze* At one point during the hometown performance,  guitarist Paul Stanley introduced a song with, “Here’s one from 1983,” and I turned to … Read more

Murali Coryell

Murali Coryell follows up his 2016 Mr. Senator, with another album of the place he now calls home, Austin, TX. This time he eschews the political and digs deeper into Tex-Mex … Read more

Arlen Roth

If ever there was a true guitar-geek album, this must be it. For many a Tele may mean television, telephone or the likes, for a guitar geek it can have … Read more

Ed Randazzo

The music scene in Northeastern Pennsylvania has several talented musicians, many of whom take the stage at the annual Briggs Farm Blues Fest, where Elmore has been a long-running media … Read more

Jon Anderson

“Activate me! All you gotta do—just mesmerize my heart and soul this time!” Jon Anderson exclaims on his new solo album. Based on this kind of jubilance conveyed by the … Read more

Over the Rhine

As partners in music and life, Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler sound as comfortable and familiar as that favorite pair of perfectly broken-in shoes. They’ve seen a lot of water … Read more

Emily Duff

Extraordinary musical gifts sometimes come to us from unlikely places.  Emily Duff, who hails from Queens, NY, earned her creative pedigree not only on the streets of New York City … Read more

Son Volt

Jay Farrar’s latest state of the Union address covers miles and miles of socio-political ground. Once again assuming the role of earnest folk-rock troubadour with his band Son Volt, Farrar’s … Read more