review Archive
08 Feb 2013
Album Review: Duke Ellington Orchestra – Big Bands Live
Duke Ellington is one of the most important figures in American music, let alone within the jazz idiom. Bandleader, arranger, pianist, composer, popularizer of jazz…Ellington’s influence is incalculable. His vast […]
06 Feb 2013
Album Review: The Coal Porters – Find the One
I have a friend who possesses a much wider range of musical interest than my own. Unlike me, she rarely concerns herself with such trifling issues as what genre best […]
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 […]
30 Jan 2013
Album Review: Jamie & Steve — Imaginary Café
I’ve probably told the story before: growing up in Atlanta, I discovered the Spongetones‘ debut LP Beat Music in the bin of an indie record shop not long after its […]
29 Jan 2013
Album Review: Vermouth — RetroFuture Pop Exotica
Being of a certain age, I remember the short-lived exotica revival of the nineties. If you blinked, you might’ve missed it: for a brief few moments in 1994, the pre-Beatles […]
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 […]
22 Jan 2013
Capsule Reviews: January 2013, Part 4
Here’s still another installment in my occasional series of capsule reviews; today I cover rock, prog, industrial/EDM and…you decide. I had a huge stack of CDs deserving of review, but […]
21 Jan 2013
Capsule Reviews: January 2013, Part 3
Here’s another installment in my occasional series of capsule reviews; today it’s prog, ambient, worldbeat and acoustic. I had a huge stack of CDs deserving of review, but time doesn’t […]