new release Archive
17 May 2023
Album Review: The Cash Box Kings – Oscar’s Motel
Co-leaders Joe Nosek (on blues harp and vocals) and Oscar “Mr. 43rd Street” Wilson (vocals) know their way around the high energy Chicago variant of the blues. Save for the […]
14 May 2023
Hundred Word Reviews, May 2023 Part 3
Jason Blake – Subsequent Ruins Seeing the 7D Media logo on this CD meant that Subsequent Ruins went straight onto the must-hear pile. Y’see, that’s the New Mexico-based label that’s […]
13 May 2023
Hundred Word Reviews, May 2023 Part 2
Hey hey – it’s time for some more succinct surveys of superb sounds. Hundred-word stylee. Here we go. Ransom and the Subset – Perfect Crimes It’s been nearly a decade […]
12 May 2023
Album Review: Mojoike and Lady Val — Phoenix
Mojoike (or Magic Mojo Ike, as he’s also known) is a towering figure in the Miami blues scene. With his searing, passionate electric guitar work and his expressive voice, Ike […]
11 May 2023
Album Review: Taj Mahal — Savoy
Taj Mahal is music royalty. A prime exponent of both Americana and so-called “world music” long before either of those labels came into widespread use, he’s a bluesman at his […]
08 May 2023
Hundred Word Reviews, May 2023: Vinyl!
Me, I dig vinyl. I’m happy to sidestep arguments concerning sound quality versus their digital counterparts; while CDs and even streaming have their place, I prefer the tactile, participatory experience […]
04 May 2023
Rock is Dead? Theory’s Tyler Connolly Says ‘Long Live Rock’ (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… Connolly says that “Dinosaur” builds on that kind of thinking. “I was playing on the human emotion of misery and the pessimism of the future things […]
03 May 2023
Rock is Dead? Theory’s Tyler Connolly Says ‘Long Live Rock’ (Part 1)
It’s fashionable in some circles to declare rock as dead and buried. And while it’s true that other styles may have surpassed it sales-wise in the music marketplace, rock is […]
30 Apr 2023
Album Review: Stephan Thelen — Fractal Guitar 3
The idea that classical music and popular forms of music can coexist isn’t a new one. The Moody Blues bridged the gap between the two with Days of Future Passed […]
29 Apr 2023
Album Review: Little River Band — Ultimate Hits
Call it soft rock if you like. Label it as yacht rock if you must. Formed in Melbourne waaay back in the mid 1970s, the band enjoyed worldwide success, placing […]