Reviews

Whitney Shay

San Diego-based Whitney Shay has been around stage, theater, and musical performances for almost 30 years, yet she’s still in her early 30s. Call it destiny, call it good genes … Read more

Rory Block

Rory Block, today’s best traditional female blues artist, has more work to do. She would probably tell you that she is “semi-retired,” having reduced her touring schedule and having completed … Read more

Brian Bromberg

It’s all about the bass for Brian Bromberg. In the making of his latest album Thicker Than Water, Bromberg—ever the innovator, who once served in jazz great Stan Getz’s backing … Read more

Into the Ivy

The eponymous debut release from newcomers, Into the Ivy clocks in as a five-track EP, and almost defies categorizing. Is it roots, is it folk, is it pop? In truth, … Read more

Ray Davies

Ray Davies’s Americana project was well under way before the age of Trump. It began with a book of that title in 2013, followed by an album with the same … Read more

Graham Nash

There was a falling out over “Marrakesh Express” between Graham Nash and The Hollies that led to divorce. To Nash, the song was something special, a sort of surreal travelogue … Read more

Eddie Brigati, The Cutting Room, NYC

When the original Rascals, Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati, Gene Cornish and Dino Danelli reunited in 2013 for their critically-acclaimed concert retrospective, Once Upon A Dream, it was due to the … Read more

Cyril Neville

Vocalist/percussionist Cyril Neville is the youngest of four brothers in New Orleans royalty. His distinctive voice was first heard with the Meters and then the Neville Brothers. After many collaborative … Read more