review Archive
19 Dec 2023
Album Review: The Lunar Laugh – In the Black
By this point in our shared musical journey, gentle reader, you’ve likely discerned that the Big Stir label is a trademark of quality. Co-helmed by the passionate, dedicated and hard-working […]
18 Dec 2023
Album Review: Bobby Sutliff – Bob Sings and Plays
If your tastes run toward melodic alternative rock, its slightly earlier incarnation as “college rock” and/or power pop, chances are good that the name Bobby Sutliff rings some welcome bells. […]
16 Dec 2023
Album Review: Gray / Miley: Next World Sound Series Volume One
Produced by David Javelosa, this ambient/new age release features three tracks: two by Jane Grey, and two by Thomas Miley. Grey’s “Project 5” run in excess of 30 minutes and […]
14 Dec 2023
Album Review: Monster Mike Welch – Nothing But Time
Three-time Blues Music Award nominee (and 2019 winner in the Instrumentalist – Guitar category) Monster Mike Welch has been releasing albums under his own name since his 1996 debut, These […]
13 Dec 2023
Album Review: Mick Kolassa – Wooden Music
Memphis-based guitarist “Michissippi Mick” Kolassa calls his brand of music “free range blues.” It’s his way of getting across the idea that he doesn’t confine his style to any one […]
12 Dec 2023
Album Review: John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – Live in 1967 Volume 3
Though the movement got its start in the 1950s thanks to pioneers Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner – both of whom were greatly influenced by American blues records – the […]
11 Dec 2023
Album Review: The Nick Moss Band — Get Your Back Into It!
Nick Moss has been leading his own bands for years; starting the late ‘90s, he released a string of blues albums with The Flip Tops. By 2010 he billed himself […]
06 Dec 2023
Album Review: Tom Hambridge — Blu Ja Vu
Tom Hambridge has a weighty résumé. A 1983 Berklee graduate, much of the Buffalo native’s work has been behind the scenes. As a composer, he’s provided songs for a wide […]
05 Dec 2023
Book Review: ‘Nuggets Redux’ by Rev. Keith A. Gordon
At the time of its release, few recognized the significance of the Nuggets 2LP compilation. To be sure, both Elektra head Jac Holzman (who commissioned the project) and Lenny Kaye […]
04 Dec 2023
Album Review: The Alligator Records Christmas Collection
By late 1992, the first vinyl era was drawing to a close. At its peak in 1977-78, vinyl LP sales in the U.S. approached 350 million units per year. With […]