review Archive
19 May 2022
Album Review: Tamar Berk – Start at the End
Until very recently, Tamar Berk was one of those artists with whom I was only vaguely familiar. Her name has been bandied about by those whose tastes I admire and […]
18 May 2022
Album Review: Dave Brubeck Trio – Live from Vienna 1967
The latest in posthumous recordings courtesy of the Brubeck Editions series, Live from Vienna 1967 is a thrilling, you-are-there live recording featuring the pianist and superb sidemen Joe Morello on […]
17 May 2022
Album Review: Jeannie C. Riley — Harper Valley P.T.A.
I’ve gone on about this idea before, but it never ceases to fascinate me, so I’ll mention it again. Those of us of a certain age — boomers, I guess […]
16 May 2022
Album Review: Detective — s/t
By the mid 1970s, having one’s own boutique record label was a symbol of Having Arrived. The Beatles started it all with Apple, and within a few years, The Moody […]
13 May 2022
DVD Review: SVT – The Price of Sex
SVT is one of the coolest bands you’ve likely never heard of. Led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Brian Marnell, this San Francisco-based band had talent to burn, combining musical […]
10 May 2022
Album Review: Amanda Anne Platt and the Honeycutters — The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
By now, gentle reader, you’re likely tiring of reading stories of the making of new albums that spend a lot of time focusing on just how much the pandemic affected […]
08 May 2022
Album Review: Various — Always Memphis Rock and Roll
For me, the Black & Wyatt Records label is a trademark of quality. Since its launch in 2018, the Memphis label has sought to bring interesting and outside-the-box music to […]
07 May 2022
Album Review: Son House — Forever on My Mind
An acclaimed Delta blues singer and guitarist, Son House earned significant praise during his lifetime. His work was chronicled on a series of 78 rpm records, on recordings made both […]
06 May 2022
Album Review: Scott McCarl — Play On
I am sure we can agree as to the wonderfulness that is The Raspberries’ catalog. “Go All the Way” is pop perfection, taking the “don’t bore us; get to the […]
05 May 2022
Album Review: The Mommyheads — Swiss Army Knife
The Mommyheads released their debut album Acorn in 1989. A wholebuncha albums followed; the prolific Brooklyn-based group would release four more albums before going inactive in the late ‘90s. When […]