Classic Album Review: Edie Brickell | Volcano
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
If Edie Brickell is...
Albums Of The Week: The Brothers | March 10, 2020 / Madison Square Garden...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Brothers — Jaimoe, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Oteil Burbridge and Marc Quinones, joined by Duane Trucks, Reese Wynans and Chuck Leavell — honoured 50 years...
Classic Album Review: Loretta Lynn | Van Lear Rose
This came out in 2004 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
The Blue Kentucky Girl...
Classic DVD Review: Jonathan Richman | Take Me To The Plaza
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Backing band? Eccentric troubadour...
Albums Of The Week: The Natvral | Summer Of No Light
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “On The Natvral’s second album Summer of No Light — a spirited, beautifully observed collection of rough and ready songcraft — former Pains Of Being...
Classic Album Review: Mercury Rev | All is Dream
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
The lights go down....
Now Hear This: Teno Afrika | Amapiano Selections
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "The past five years have seen amapiano, South Africa’s electronic music movement born in the townships of the country’s Gauteng province, evolve from an underground...
Classic DVD Review: Wesley Willis | The Daddy of Rock ’N’ Roll
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Meet Wesley Willis. He...
Dead Soft | Big Blue
WHO ARE THEY? An indie-rock power trio led by musical and romantic partners Nathaniel Epp and Keeley Rochon, who spend their offstage time in the peace and quiet of...
Now Hear This: Marquis Hill | Soul Sign
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Trumpeter, composer and producer Marquis Hill has released a 12-track cosmic musical journey through the Zodiac in the form of a spoken word-infused beat tape.
Says...
Dizraeli | The Unmaster
WHO IS HE? A Bristol rapper, poet, playwright, singer-songwriter and all-around wordsmith whose government name is Rowan Alexander Sawday.
WHAT IS THIS? His latest outstanding solo disc that puts him...
Classic DVD Review: The Jim Rose Circus Show | The Jim Rose Circus Show
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Before there was Jackass,...
Albums Of The Week: Spoon | Lucifer On The Sofa
I can't tell you how many times I've seen Spoon live, thanks to their near-perennial appearances at SXSW back in the day. But if I'm being honest, some of...
Albums Of The Week: Dawes | Misadventures Of Doomscroller
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Produced by longtime collaborator Jonathan Wilson (Billy Strings, Father John Misty, Angel Olsen), Misadventures Of Doomscroller represents an adventurous new turn for Dawes, evincing a...
Classic Album Review: Wagon Christ | Musipal
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
There must be something...
