Author Archive
04 Oct 2012
AMA Field Report: Memphis in Nashville
The Americana Music Association Conference and Festival took place September 18-22 in Nashville TN. As a first-time attendee – and as one whose tastes don’t fall neatly into the Americana […]
03 Oct 2012
Album Review: The Brotherhood of Lizards – Lizardland
Martin Newell is one of the British Isles’ legendary unheralded treasures. Yes, those in the know understand and appreciate Newell’s particular brand of genius: working with a nonexistent budget and […]
02 Oct 2012
Album Review: Bonnie Bishop – Free
Wikipedia tells me that Bonnie Bishop is a country rock singer/songwriter. That may well be, but her musical vocabulary as presented on her debut Free suggests that “country rock” is […]
01 Oct 2012
Album Review: Various Artists – It’s Saturday Night!
Leave it once again to the people at UK-based Fantastic Voyage to put together an interesting compilation of in-danger-of-being-lost American music. Their latest entry is a 3CD set called It’s […]
28 Sep 2012
Two Obscure Albums You Need to Hear
The illustrious (and print-only) London-based Shindig! Magazine ought to be as famous as Mojo and Uncut. It’s not; not yet. As it happens, I write occasionally for Shindig! Several years […]
27 Sep 2012
Album Review: Vince Guaraldi – The Very Best of Vince Guaraldi
The music of Vince Guaraldi could well be described as “jazz for people who don’t like jazz.” And even knowing what little I do about Guaraldi the man, I strongly […]
26 Sep 2012
Album Review: Booker T & the MG’s – Green Onions
Author Rob Bowman knows his stuff. More specifically, he knows his Stax. As one of a very short list of scholars on the subject of the legendary influential (and troubled) […]
25 Sep 2012
Album Review: Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe – Live at the NEC
There’s an old joke – admittedly not a rip-roaringly hilarious one – about band names sounding like law firms: Crosby, Stills, Nash and (sometimes) Young was the first to be […]
24 Sep 2012
Album Review: Jefferson Starship – Tales From the Mothership
Where to start with this one? There’s so much I could say about the sprawling 4CD set Tales From the Mothership. But let’s start with a bit of history to […]
21 Sep 2012
Fantasy Festival: Yep Roc 15
I’m not a fan of professional team spectator sports; that kind of thing has never held any fascination for me. But I sort of understand why others like it, I […]