reissue Archive
28 Feb 2013
Album Review: Gene Harris – The Three Sounds
The venerable Blue Note label has long been a trademark of quality; even if you’re not familiar with the artist or the recorded work, chances are that if it came […]
20 Feb 2013
Album Review: Sam Samudio – Sam, Hard and Heavy
“Wooly Bully!” Yes, if you remember pop music of the 1960s – fondly or otherwise – you will recall this garage rockin’ classic. With its wheezing Farfisa organ lines, manic-and-stomping […]
18 Feb 2013
Album Review: King Crimson – Discipline (40th Anniversary Series Edition)
From their inception in 1969, King Crimson has always been about creating outside-the-box music that challenges (or simply ignores) convention. By the middle of the 1970s, the band had created […]
13 Feb 2013
Album Review: Bobbi Humphrey – Dig This!
Some jazz purists might look down their noses and sniff at the style known as soul jazz. And while I don’t share their point of view, I understand where they’re […]
04 Feb 2013
Album Review: Rick Wakeman – No Earthly Connection
I had my initial doubts about this one, and with good reason. Among music fans, Rick Wakeman is a polarizing figure. One either loves his work or despises it. For […]
28 Jan 2013
Album Review: The Cleaners From Venus – Living With Victoria Grey
I sometimes wonder if Martin Newell gets tired of all the Ray Davies comparisons. I mean, the man (Newell) has released something like thirty or forty albums (many of these […]
24 Jan 2013
Capsule Reviews: January 2013, Part 6
Here’s the final — for now — of four installments in my occasional series of capsule reviews; you’ll find rock, blue-eyed soul, fusion and breezy SoCal pop. I had a […]
23 Jan 2013
Capsule Reviews: January 2013, Part 5
Here’s yet another installment in my occasional series of capsule reviews; today it’s Latin psych, comedy, rock’n’roll and country, and pop. I had a huge stack of CDs deserving of […]
10 Jan 2013
Capsule Reviews: January 2013, Part One
Here’s another installment in my occasional series of capsule reviews, this time covering new reissues and compilations. My self-imposed limit for this particular exercise is 150 words on each album. […]
20 Dec 2012
Album Review: Bert Jansch – Heartbreak
While American folk music has never had an especially deep resonance with me, the British Isles variant has long spoken to me somehow. There’s something about the European traditional flavor […]