Reviews

Lee Roy Parnell

Lee Roy Parnell made big waves in Nashville country music during the 1990s, but as a baby boomer-born Texan, he’s always loved the blues, Memphis and Alabama soul, and Southern … Read more

Dana Fuchs

Showered with bouquets from critics for her powerful performance as Janis Joplin in the off-Broadway production of “Love, Janis,” Dana Fuchs returns to the role she was born to play, … Read more

Bon Jovi rocks NYC

Photos by Debra L. Rothenberg In great form, Jon Bon Jovi played a sold out Madison Square Garden. The Williams Honor band opened the Garden’s gates wide.

Mike Zito

Mike Zito is a blues rocker at heart, balancing a heavy rock sound against a conventional blues approach. His balancing act can be a bit confounding at times. He left … Read more

Judith Owen redisCOVERs the Iridium

Photos by Debra L. Rothenberg Listening to Judith Owen perform songs from her new CD, redisCOVERed, you will find your feet tapping nonstop, head bopping up and down and a … Read more

Beth Nielsen Chapman

Although there is no title song on Hearts of Glass, there is loads of heart. This veteran Nashville tunesmith’s name has sat in parenthesis under names like Elton John, Bonnie … Read more

Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs

A rather sweet and altogether charming idea on its face, Clippety Clop is a horse of a different color. Entirely devoted to everything equine, and almost certainly the first LP … Read more

Birds of Chicago

It’s been just over two years since duo JT Nero and his wife Allison Russell, known as Birds of Chicago, released their genre-splitting album Real Midnight. As critics fell hard … Read more

James Scott Bullard

If ever a title typified an album, Full Tilt Boogie does a decent job. This is unrelenting, full throttle outlaw country assault with screaming guitars and riffs that sound at … Read more