new release Archive
21 Mar 2016
Single Review: Terry Reid + The Jigsaw Seen LIVE
Terry Reid isn’t a household name; instead he’s a kind of almost-famous name in the world of pop music. Those who bought records in the early 1970s probably saw miniature […]
18 Mar 2016
Book Review: Dave Morrell — 1974 The Promotion Man
I haven’t seen the current HBO series Vinyl. Among those whom I know who have seen it – those whose aesthetic judgment I place some faith – the consensus is […]
17 Mar 2016
DVD Review: Frank Zappa and the Mothers — The Lost Broadcast
For an artist who seemingly documented nearly every moment of his live and studio performance – and, not unlike John Lennon and Yoko Ono, considered the entirety of it as […]
16 Mar 2016
Album Review: Javier Escovedo — Kicked Out of Eden
If he wished, Javier Escovedo could make a legitimate claim to music royalty. Brothers Pete and Coke are heroes of Latin jazz, known to rock fans as members of Carlos […]
15 Mar 2016
Album Review: The Dining Rooms — Do Hipsters Love Sun (Ra)?
More even than the album title, the title of the tenth track on Do Hipsters Love Sun (Ra)? sums up the musical approach of The Dining Rooms on their twenfth […]
14 Mar 2016
Album Review: Big Star — South West
Though they were resolutely ignored during their time together in the 1970s, Memphis-based Big Star eventually got both their critical due and some exceedingly belated recognition and commercial success. The […]
11 Mar 2016
Album Review: Jaimeo Brown Transcendence — Work Songs
As a music reviewer, I get a lot of albums for potential coverage. A lot. And to manage the flow, I keep a spreadsheet, cataloging those slated for eventual review […]
10 Mar 2016
Reed Turchi: Back to His Roots
Though these days he lives and works in Memphis, Reed Turchi was born and spent his formative years in Asheville. Nominally a blues artist, multi-instrumentalist Turchi draws from a much […]
09 Mar 2016
Album Mini-review: Dr. Lonnie Smith — Evolution
File next to: Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Shirley Scott The title might be taken as a hint that the music’s going somewhere it hasn’t been before, but that’s not really […]
09 Mar 2016
Album Mini-review: Brett Harris — Up in the Air
File next to: Chris Stamey, Emitt Rhodes, Pete Yorn You can learn a lot about a musician by studying the company he keeps. Durham NC-based Brett Harris has been a […]