new release Archive
02 Aug 2023
Album Review: D.K. Harrell – The Right Man
Some albums take a slow-build approach. They start modestly, with some subtlety, drawing the listener in. On his debut release The Right Man, D.K. Harrell takes a very different path. […]
30 Jul 2023
Album Review: Various Artists — Redrawn: A Tribute to The Pencils
Have you ever heard of The Pencils? Me neither. But as it happens, this band from Hertfordshire, England made some exuberant powerpop in the very early 1980s. For their trouble […]
28 Jul 2023
Album Review: Various Artists – Jem Records Celebrates Ray Davies
The reactivated Jem Records has established itself as a welcoming home for a particular brand of melodic powerpop. In addition to releasing a steady stream of albums by its featured […]
21 Jul 2023
Album Review: Bob Corritore & Friends – Women in Blues Showcase
Grammy nominee Bob Corritore has had a long and esteemed career in and around the blues. As a harmonica player, venue owner, radio show host and multiple award winner (Living […]
20 Jul 2023
Album Review: Arthur Adams – Kick Up Some Dust
Legendary author F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, “there are no second acts in American lives.” But Fitzgerald passed away in 1940, some three years before Arthur Adams was born in […]
19 Jul 2023
Album Review: Various Artists – Detroit Harmonisers
Music licensing requirements in the UK and Europe are less stringent than they are here in the U.S.; what that means for listeners interested in compilations exploring music made in […]
18 Jul 2023
Album Review: Alabama Mike – Stuff I’ve Been Through
As the saying goes, don’t judge a book – or an album – by its cover. Though the largely monochromatic photo and graphics that serve as the cover of Stuff […]
17 Jul 2023
Album Review: Ally Venable — Real Gone
It’s a largely inescapable fact of life that pop and hip-hop are the primary musical genres for the younger demographic. These days, the audiences rock, jazz, blues – even country […]
14 Jul 2023
Julian Marley: One Love, One People and One Famous Surname
Julian Marley has a famous last name. But the 47-year old singer, songwriter and musician has never rested on the shoulders of his father’s reputation. Born in London, he’s the […]
13 Jul 2023
Q&A With Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… We’ve briefly discussed Quadrophenia. You’ve mentioned that The Who inspired you in other ways. Tell me more about that. Something Pete Townshend once told me in […]