"Lacking the rootsier edge of Save His Soul, Four finds Blues Traveler retreating to their standard blues- boogie formula, with mixed results. Of course, there are some fine songs...
Good evening. This new album by Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood is a quiet but rather beautiful work of art. Genre: folk/rock. Read some reviews and enjoy! (US version here.) Mark...
By plunging impassively into their own hearts of darkness, Lanegan and Garwood demonstrate that there’s still plenty of life lurking muddy waters of blues.
"Shuggie Otis should have been a West Coast superstar, a genius, a musical wizard of the highest order." – Patrick Forge. Back in 1971, the Los Angeles son of blues legend Johnny...
Many people play roots music, but few modern live those roots like Minnesota' Charlie Parr. Recording since the early 00's, Parr's heartfelt and plaintive original folk blues and...
Hello friends. I almost forgot about the latest album by Otis Taylor. Genre: blues. Enjoy! (One review here.) (US version here.) Otis Taylor – My World Is Gone Filed under: 2013...
An album that provides a variation on a theme. Gerner's synth experience shines through, but it doesn't pack enough punches to provoke or demand a rebuttal.
William Royce Boz Scaggs began a long and storied career in 1965 with the release of his first solo recording Boz . Scaggs quickly developed into an iconic singer-songwriter...
The album that never was, by the man who reinvented the guitar. But is this the best of posthumous Hendrix?
Howdy. Here is another solid and fairly recent addition to Spotify. Genre: rock. Enjoy The Stone Foxes! The Stone Foxes – Small Fires Filed under: 2013, Rock
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours would never be just an album. Upon its release in 1977, it became the fastest-selling LP of all time, moving 800,000 copies per week at its height, and its...
Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album Rumours has sold over 40 million albums to date. To this day, Rumours is inextricable from the story of its creation, a process that took over the band...
Good morning. Today I finally have some free time to update the blog. First up: the new album by singer-songwriter Andi Almqvist. Enjoy! (Version for non-Scandinavian listeners...
Hi there. I continue my 2012 Mega Project with this solid blues album by the late Michael Burks. Enjoy! Michael Burks – Show Of Strength Filed under: 2012, 2012 Mega Project, Blues
Federale's The Blood Flowed Like Wine , the band's third full release, expands on their efforts to recapture the haunting, violent atmosphere evoked by classic spaghetti western...
Growing up in rural Hopewell, NJ, Danielia Cotton stood out. Not just because she was only one of about seven African-American children in her junior high school, but because of...
Based in Victoria, B.C., Current Swell has been in the foreground of the "new roots" music front pushing out of Canada's west coast. Thanks in large part to constant touring with...
Andre Williams began a very prolific and creative phase of his life when he finally got off booze and drugs. His intake of various substances was Andre Williams' new album Life...
Hey. Let’s start the new week with this fine album by blues/soul singer Bettye LaVette. It was very recently added to Spotify for listeners in Europe*. Enjoy! (*US release date is...
Evening. Are you in the mood for some explosive classic rock? If yes, please check out this new album by Rival Sons and enjoy! Rival Sons – Head Down Filed under: 2012, Rock
Hello. The new album by Joanne Shaw Taylor, added to Spotify a couple of days ago, is a keeper for sure. Genre: blues. Enjoy! Joanne Shaw Taylor – Almost Always Never Filed under...
Man alive – has it really been seven years since the release of the last album by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion? That’s seven years that’s seen their descendents in the form of...
When the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion returned to the stage two years ago after a six-year layoff, their mission was philosophically simple, if physically demanding: They just had...