new release Archive
23 May 2025
Album Review: Murray Attaway – [tense music plays…]
I grew up in the 1970s and ‘80s in metro Atlanta. That meant I had a front row seat to the development and rise of bands like Dixie Dregs, Kansas, […]
20 May 2025
Album Review: The Iveys – How Much is the Sky
Seasoned Badfinger fans know the broad outlines of the story: before they were rechristened by The Beatles, Badfinger were The Iveys. Under that name, the Welsh group even made an […]
13 May 2025
Album Review: HeavyDrunk and Watermelon Slim – Bluesland Theme Park
The music travels to many destinations on this 11-track, self-released album. Bluesland Theme Park is a split set, with tracks by HeavyDrunk (born Rob Robinson) and by award-winning singer-songwriter Watermelon […]
12 May 2025
Album Review: Bob Corritore and Friends – Doin’ the Shout
Bob Corritore is one busy cat. When we last checked in with the blues harpist and band leader (and his Friends), the new album was Phoenix Blues Rumble. That was […]
11 May 2025
Album Review: Steve Howell & the Mighty Men – Yeah Man
For his 13th long player, guitarist and singer Steve Howell has hand-picked an eclectic assortment of old tunes. The low-key Yeah Man features some well-worn classics alongside some relatively obscure […]
10 May 2025
Album Review: Frank Bey – Peace
Frank Bey passed away five years ago. Winner of a posthumous Grammy Award nomination (Best Traditional Blues Album) for 2020’s All My Dues Are Paid, Bey was the subject of […]
04 May 2025
Single Review: Andre Cruz & Chris Lujan — “Mi Amore, Perdoname” b/w “The Real Thing (Spanish Version)”
Cuban quintet Los Zafiros released “Mi Amor, Perdoname” in 1962. Though the song wouldn’t gain traction in U.S. markets – blame the embargo – the group was popular in Cuba, […]
02 May 2025
Album Review: Badfinger — Head First
The story of Badfinger – one filled with great, enduring music and tragic heartbreak – has been well documented. The authoritative history of the band, its music, its soaring highs […]
30 Apr 2025
Moving Beyond Surf and Garage, La Luz Shines Brightly
La Luz is a Seattle-based quartet of four female musicians. The group combines surf, garage and other rocking styles, suffusing its arrangements with heavenly vocal harmonies that recall the best […]
28 Apr 2025
Album Review: Eramus Hall – Lost and Found
Eramus Hall is one of those hard luck stories with which the history of popular music is rife. In the case of this Detroit soul-funk outfit, the group signed to […]