EDITOR’S NOTE: Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne’s Ooh Yeah! was released on Nov. 15 on Stony Plain Records. We’re reviewing it now as part of a year-end round up of some of the best albums we missed along the way […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Kate Prascher’s Shake The Dust came out Aug. 30. We’re reviewing it now as part of a year-end round up of some of the best albums we missed along the way this year. “How sad and how sweet” […]
Little drummer boy been beating you ragged? Silver bells on every street corner driving you nuts? Tired of hearing what Mariah Carey wants for Christmas? There’s relief in sight. Ben Levin has some new presents for you. The Cincinnati […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Rose Hotel’s A Pawn Surrender came out on June 7, on Strolling Bones Records. We’re reviewing it now as part of a year-end round up of some of the best albums we missed along the way this […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Chris Acker’s Famous Lunch came out on Oct. 11 on Gar Hole Records. We’re reviewing it now as part of a year-end round up of some of the best albums we missed along the way this year. On […]
After two years when health problems prevented his performing, fans of Todd Snider can look forward to the release of Best of All My Songs, a six-vinyl-album box set offering a retrospective on his thirty-year career. In 2014, Snider […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Chuck Prophet and ¿Qiensave?’s Wake the Dead came out Oct. 25 on Yep Roc Records. We’re reviewing it now as part of a year-end round up of some of the best albums we missed along the way this […]
Cover albums are notoriously challenging beasts. Artists must try to balance maintaining individuality, while also adhering to the source material. Listeners have to justify listening to new interpretations, when the original songs are often easily accessible. When covering a band […]
Nick Gusman & The Coyotes don’t do half measures, as evidenced by their barnstorming third album, Lifting Heavy Things, which has all the markings of a soon-to-be critical and commercial breakthrough. By the time the LP’s second track, “Sound of […]
Pure Prairie League came Bustin’ Out in 1970 with hit love song “Amie,” and riding the country rock highway with songs like “Early Morning Riser,” “Two Lane Highway,” “Kentucky Moonshine,” and “I’ll Change Your Flat Tire, Merle.” Over the […]
