Classic Album Review: Rhett Miller | The Instigator
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Somehow, I suspect this...
Classic Album Review: Mark Knopfler | The Ragpicker’s Dream
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
It’s ironic as hell:...
Classic Album Review: Graham Nash | Songs for Survivors
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Way back in 1971,...
Classic Album Review: Jackson Browne | The Naked Ride Home
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
For a laid-back hippie...
Classic Album Review: Ani DiFranco | So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
It’s only been five...
Classic Album Review: The Blasters | Trouble Bound
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Most bands hang around...
Classic Album Reviews: Various Artists | Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of...
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
If there’s any singer-songwriter...
Classic Album Review: Bon Jovi | Bounce
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Some people just don’t...
Classic Album Review: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | The Last DJ
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Conventional wisdom says that...
Now Hear This: Churchwood | 6: The Boule Oui
THE EDITED PRESS PRESS RELEASE / BIO: “6: The Boule Oui is (spoiler alert!) the sixth full-length album by Austin-based avant-garde blues band Churchwood. Like their previous outings, it's...
Now Hear This: The Rocky Valentines | The Rocky Valentines EP
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “When Charlie Martin sings, ‘Saw my dad with friends, played in bands; never thought this would be the plan,’ it feels like he was fighting...
Now Hear This: Cheba Wahida | Jrouli
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Pure raï fire from Algeria on the ever-searching Nashazphone label — an absolute must for anyone snagged on contemporary, Arabic North African music.
Sending a plume...
Now Hear This: Maha | Orkos
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Orkos is a completely unknown album by Salah Ragab’s Cairo Jazz Band vocalist Maha, recorded in Cairo in 1979. It features productions by Hany Shenoda...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 10-16 • The Short List: 10 Titles You...
Compared to the past couple of weeks, things are actually kind of slow this time around — at least when it comes to big-name releases. Still, when your short list...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 10-16 • The Long List: 370 Releases On...
John Lennon would have turned 82 years old today, and Who bassist John Entwistle would have been 78. On happier notes, Jackson Browne turns 74, PJ Harvey will be...
