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04 Apr 2024
Album Review: Mushroom – Messages from the Spliff Bunker
A kind of indie-underground supergroup, Mushroom is at its core the brainchild of Pat Thomas. Combining avant-garde, free jazz and krautrock influences and textures might – to the causal listener, […]
03 Apr 2024
Album Review – R.E.M. – Up
As I’ve noted previously, while I was a major fan of R.E.M. in the band’s early (I.R.S. era) days, by the CD era, I began to tune out. Again, it […]
02 Apr 2024
Preview: Linda Ronstadt – The Sound of My Voice
A GRAMMY-winning documentary exploring the life and career of the acclaimed singer, Linda Ronstadt – The Sound of My Voice is a critically acclaimed portrait of the beloved performer and […]
01 Apr 2024
30 Days Out, April 2024 #1: Alejandro Escovedo, Disco Biscuits, Pretty Little Goat, Flight Attendant
A critically acclaimed artist whose body of work spans punk, Americana and more; a heavy-gigging jam band; a great local group that’s bubbling under; an up-and-coming band outta Nashville about […]
31 Mar 2024
Book Review: They Said It
There was a time when daily newspapers had reporters covering the “entertainment beat.” Hell, I remember a time when concerts got reviewed in the paper. Those days are mostly gone, […]
30 Mar 2024
Preview: Music to Your Ears, April 3 – ABBEY ROAD
The Beatles’ swan song, 1969’s Abbey Road is a landmark album. Its legacy and influence have endured in the nearly 55 years since its release. The next installment in the […]
29 Mar 2024
Book Review: All Over the Place
The Rise of The Bangles from the L.A. Underground For a time, The Bangles were ubiquitous. The all-woman foursome from Los Angeles earned the right to be all over the […]
28 Mar 2024
Quick Reviews, March 2024: Archival Jazz Releases
One of the many rewarding consequences of being a music journalist/critic is that I’m often among the first to hear about archival releases. Artists who have already created an extensive […]
27 Mar 2024
Quick Reviews, March 2024: New Releases
The Incurables – Inside Out & Backwards To the extent that one can make generalizations, it’s safe to say that most of the artists on Big Stir Records fall into […]
26 Mar 2024
A Look Back at Johnny Winter Archival Releases
IMPORTANT NOTE: This review concerns the long out-of-print vinyl releases of early Johnny Winter material — The Johnny Winter Story, About Blues and Early Times — NOT any subsequent reissues. […]