new release Archive
15 Nov 2012
Archival Recordings from Jazzhaus
This decade is looking to be an important one for unearthing of landmark vintage jazz recordings. Resonance has unearthed an early Wes Montgomery set and a pair of amazing Bill […]
14 Nov 2012
The Very Best Of…Concord Jazz Artists
Because Concord Music Group has acquired the licensing to some of the most venerable labels in all of music (Stax, Fantasy, Riverside, Prestige, and others) as well as large chunks […]
07 Nov 2012
Album Review: Akina Adderley & the Vintage Playboys – Say Yes
From a superficial standpoint, there’s not a huge amount of common stylistic ground between the music of Austin-based Akina Adderley (& the the Vintage Playboys) and Adderley’s grandfather Nat, or […]
05 Nov 2012
Album Review: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays the Music of Rush
Normally, I don’t write negative reviews. Yes, I will point out those qualities that make a work less than it could be, but if a release is mostly or wholly […]
02 Nov 2012
DVD Review: David Bowie – The Calm Before The Storm: Under Review 1969-1971
It’s a shopworn cliché to claim that David Bowie is and has always been a chameleon. Yes, his music and onstage/public person have gone through a series of calculated ch-ch-changes […]
01 Nov 2012
DVD Review: John Lee Hooker – Cook With the Hook: Live in 1974
“Do you wanna boogie? Do you wanna cook with the Hook?” So implores John Lee Hooker on the audio track of the DVD menu on Cook With the Hook: Live […]
30 Oct 2012
DVD Review: Johnny Winter – Live From Japan
There’s no point in tip-toeing around it: blues guitarist Johnny Winter is old and frail. The cumulative effects of decades of drug and alcohol abuse/addiction (happily, he’s clean now) coupled […]
29 Oct 2012
DVD Review: The Move – The Lost Broadcasts
The Move are one of those sixties groups that got lost in the transatlantic shuffle. They arguably had it all: great songwriting, strong vocalists, an a ready-made visual image. A […]
26 Oct 2012
Album Review: Shoes – 35 Years: The Definitive Shoes Collection 1977-2012
As Shoes bassist John Murphy told me in our wide-ranging four-part interview, the new 21-cut compilation on Real Gone Music, 35 Years: The Definitive Shoes Collection 1977-2012 is “is a […]
25 Oct 2012
A Really Big Shoes Interview, Part 4
Continued from Part Three… Bill Kopp: So Ignition is the first new Shoes album in 17 years. It’s an obvious question, but why so long? John Murphy (bass/vocals): It sounds […]