new release Archive
14 Feb 2025
Larkin Poe Go Their Own Way
This feature first appeared in SPIN. The success of Larkin Poe’s 2024 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album could have been a double-edged sword, painting the rootsy duo of […]
13 Feb 2025
Album Review: Ed Rawlings – A Foolish Inconsistency
Way back in 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” The line is from his essay “Self-Reliance,” itself an ironic title, seeing as […]
07 Feb 2025
Hamish Anderson is All About the Live Experience
Not so many years ago, the only path to success for a recording and performing artist was to land a record deal. The marketing and administrative muscle of the major […]
06 Feb 2025
Book Review: Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking & Street Music
Busking has a long, storied and often proud history. The practice of performing music in public spaces – ostensibly for free, presumably for tips – has been part of the […]
05 Feb 2025
Album Review: London Underground — Live at the 19th Dream of Dr Sardonicus Festival
One of the most musically luxurious yet overlooked subgenres of the 1960s was soul jazz. While within the jazz world, artists like Cannonball Adderley were finding the sweet spot in […]
24 Jan 2025
Film Review: Daytime Revolution
New documentary chronicles John and Yoko’s groundbreaking week on daytime TV In 1972, most Americans had a limited set of choices when it came to television viewing. Most markets – […]
23 Jan 2025
Album Review: Duke Robillard – Roll With Me
Singer-guitarist Duke Robillard has had a long, illustrious and creatively fruitful career. Co-founder of Roomful of Blues in 1967, he remained with that group for a decade, cutting a pair […]
22 Jan 2025
Album Review: Ping Rose – Conjure Man
With a dazzlingly varied musical back story, Memphis-born, Nashville-based guitarist, singer and songwriter Ping Rose makes music in the blues tradition. But while Rose uses blues as a foundation, on […]
19 Jan 2025
Album Review: Jerry McCain – Jerry McCain’s Blues Party
Born in rural Alabama in 1930, blues singer and harpist Jerry McCain developed the skills and fortitude to hold his own alongside artists like Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson. […]
16 Jan 2025
Album Review: Mitch Woods – Mitch Woods’ Happy Hour
Brooklyn-born, Bay Area-based pianist, singer and bandleader Mitch Woods has been making music for more than four decades. With his band the Rocket 88s, he has served up album after […]