As the title of his Alligator debut, The Hard Line, implies, vocalist/harpist Chris O’Leary’s life and career have followed a hard line, but not a straight one. Blasting through a dozen blistering originals, O’Leary chronicles the meandering journey that led […]
There’s a startling moment on “She Ain’t Coming Back,” the fifth song on Chris O’Leary’s 7 Minutes Late. O’Leary howls over an acoustic blues groove, the desperation reaching such an intensity and emotional rawness that it actually triggers the response […]
