review Archive
20 Apr 2021
Album Review: Binker and Moses — Dem Ones
It take confidence to put together a musical duo featuring only saxophone and drums; there’s nowhere to hide, musically. There’s no traditional rhythm section to establish a foundation, no polyphonic […]
19 Apr 2021
Album Review: Polyrhythmics — Man From the Future
Polyrhythmics are an eight-piece band from the Pacific Northwest. If your tastes run toward ‘70s fuk and soul, the current-day funk-soul revival of (primarily but not always instrumental) bands like […]
18 Apr 2021
Album Review – Gerald Gradwohl Group — Episode 6
What might it sound like if Metallica was influenced by Allan Holdsworth? The answer might just be Episode 6, the new album by the Gerald Grawhol Group. But then Metallica […]
17 Apr 2021
Album Review: Too Much Joy — Mistakes Were Made
I’m long past the point of being surprised when I discover a new (now to me, that is) group that’s been making great music for years. But I’m certainly still […]
11 Apr 2021
Album Review: Alabama Slim — The Parlor
When key rock musicians acknowledged their debt to blues figures in the 1960s, many of those bluesmen found themselves with a new and younger audience. Their belated wider recognition came […]
10 Apr 2021
Album Review: Selwyn Birchwood – Living in a Burning House
Even before the shrink wrap is off Selwyn Birchwood’s third album, it’s telegraphed that the package represents a more serious offering than what has come before. From its title to […]
03 Apr 2021
Album Review: Nora Jean Wallace – BluesWoman
Greenwood, Mississippi born and raised, Nora Jean Dawkins has been steeped in the blues and gospel. Her performing and recording career commenced in the ‘70s and includes a tenure in […]
31 Mar 2021
With Live Concerts on Hold, Todd Rundgren Employs Technology as Something to Fall Back On
This concert review appeared previously in PROG Magazine. Sidelined by the pandemic, multigenre hero Todd Rundgren did what he often does: he looked to technology to provide human connection. And […]
28 Mar 2021
Album Review: Elizabeth King — Living in the Last Days
It’s important that I admit this right up front: I’m not inclined toward the spiritual messages contained in gospel music. I’m not hostile toward them in any way; the whole […]
27 Mar 2021
Album Review: Lyle Workman — Uncommon Measures
Lyle Workman first came to my attention when he played on Yoyo, the Borgeois Tagg album produced by Todd Rundgren. But he’s done many other things since that have impressed […]