Cedric Burnside
Grammy-nominated and multi-BMA Award winner Cedric Burnside continues to carry the torch for authentic Mississippi Hill Country Blues on his latest release, Benton County Relic. He was literally born into … Read more
Reviews
Rhythm & Roots tops off summer
Photographs by Laura Carbone After a summer of too hot or too wet, Rhythm & Roots, in Charlestown, RI, dawned sunny and gorgeous, and stayed that way for the duration. … Read more
Crystal Shawanda
Singer Crystal Shawanda was a country artist, complete with a top 20 country hit and CMT reality show, Crystal: Living the Dream. But the country world didn’t feel right, so … Read more
Grand North Point Festival, VT
Photos by Laura Carbone What is more Vermont then Grace Potter, Bernie Sanders and Lake Champlain? Put them all together during the third weekend in September and you have the … Read more
Richard Thompson
“The way I see it, the world’s not fair / I don’t fit here and I don’t fit there,” Richard Thompson wryly observes in one of this album’s most straightforward … Read more
Hadden Sayers
We haven’t heard from Hadden Sayers in five years, since his Blue Corn release Rolling Soul, where the combination of his gift for song and his crafty guitar playing proved … Read more
Palamara
Singer/songwriter Palamara has produced an uneven album, but the upside is that his good songs are great. Palamara wasted no time making that bumpy ride clear on the first track, … Read more
Jake Shimabukuro
In 1956, I asked for a guitar for Christmas. The combination of a brother, sister and a tight one-income budget shrunk my request by two strings and I got a … Read more
Paul Weller
The second release in as many years from the former super-Mod, punkish-rocker Paul Weller finds him again on top form, with 14 tracks that bear all the hallmarks of his … Read more
Paul Simon
Paul Simon has been writing and recording for over 60 years, and his new album shows he hasn’t changed a bit—proof enough to this writer that there must be a … Read more
