Reviews

Kris Gruen

In danger of bursting, the big, full heart of Kris Gruen’s sweeping, contemporary folk-pop tour de force Coast & Refuge is brimming with hope and optimism. It’s a much more … Read more

Mountain Heart

Looking inward lyrically, while continuing to reshape and polish their rustic sound, acoustic roots music virtuosos Mountain Heart take another leap forward with the lush and lovely Soul Searching. No … Read more

Daphne Lee Martin

Daphne Lee Martin’s love life is an open book on Scared Fearless, the luxuriously furnished fifth album of dark, undulating folk and blues elegance from the Connecticut songstress. Laying bare her … Read more

Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio

Elvin Bishop is a bluesman who easily slips into that “old school blues” category, a guy who has been peddling his musical wares for so long it’s hard to wake … Read more

chad elliot and the redemptions rest heavy

Chad Elliott & The Redemptions

Iowa suggests such names as Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey, and Pieta Brown among others but now singer-songwriter, artist and author, Chad Elliott can join their esteemed company with Rest Heavy. … Read more

Jason Eady

Emerging country singer-songwriter Jason Eady’s stature grows with each release. Eady has shown both a command of blues-infused Americana and classic country with contemporary touches. In his sixth album and … Read more

Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis

On their best behavior, Robbie Fulks and Linda Gail Lewis get some of that old-time religion via their sunny, buoyant gospel stroll down “On the Jericho Road.” Credited to the … Read more

Daphne Lee Martin

Daphne Lee Martin’s love life is an open book on Scared Fearless, the luxuriously furnished fifth album of dark, undulating folk and blues elegance from the Connecticut songstress. Laying bare her … Read more

Jack Pearson

To twist a worn-out cliché, if you don’t know Jack Pearson, you don’t know jack—at least as far as consummate guitarists go. Google the YouTube video for Project Yosemite / … Read more

Bruce Katz Band

Keyboardist Bruce Katz defies pigeonholing. The New England Conservatory of Music graduate mixes blues and jazz with adventurous jam-band improvisation. In addition to a six-year stint with the Gregg Allman … Read more