After a solo album and a reunion with the Mavericks several years ago, Raul Malo has made his independence permanent. His solo vision differs little from that of the Mavs — an effortless blending of vintage pre-rock pop with smooth […]
After a solo album and a reunion with the Mavericks several years ago, Raul Malo has made his independence permanent. His solo vision differs little from that of the Mavs — an effortless blending of vintage pre-rock pop with smooth […]
Twilight Of The Renegades begins with the sound of the sea, but Jimmy Webb’s piano sets a course closer to Procul Harum’s “Salty Dog” than to Frankie Ford’s rockin’ “Sea Cruise”. Leading with a song about painter Paul Gauguin searching […]
In terms of performance and songwriting, Robert Cray’s albums have been high-quality, understated exercises in good-sense songwriting and muscular musical chops. Twenty (in fact his fourteenth release) is no exception. As a lyricist, Cray still has a knack for painting […]
Tony Joe White’s brand of measured, southern country-soul was already something of an anachronism in 1969, when his breakout hit “Polk Salad Annie” splashed some tall-tale hickster funk on the Aquarian Age. The following year, Brook Benton’s deathless (if barely […]
They used to say that the Velvet Underground never sold many records but every record they sold inspired a new band. You could say something similar about J.J. Cale, who never moved much product but did provide the sonic blueprint […]
How you feel about the Hollies’ “The Air That I Breathe” likely will match how you feel about the Mavericks’ comeback album. As the only cover tune on the twelve-song collection, the romantic ballad gets a faithful update that, if […]
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