For most people, Sunday is a day of rest and reflection, a time to put the trials and tribulations of the past week behind and look forward to a new beginning. But for the men of Mississippi State Penitentiary, […]
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Bruce Piephoff was a street poet with the soul of a fallen angel. Piephoff’s body of work chronicled migrants, the dispossessed, the downtrodden, and rootless wanderers who just chose to roam endlessly. Piephoff, who passed away in April of last […]
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 […]
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 […]
Soulman Eddie 9V must have lived many past lives before this one. Otherwise, there’s no way Brooks Mason’s alter ego could have built up as much soul in such a short time. The voices that speak through him belong […]
It might not show up on astrology maps, but there’s a solar system out there with Dolly Parton’s name on it. Everybody knows who the star is, but who is drawn into her orbit, family-wise, has been a bit […]
Eric Bibb is an old smoothie. Since his debut with ’72’s Ain’t It Grand, Bibb’s flight path has been a swooping glide that has him soaring aloft with mellow, folky ruminations on the state of the world and his place […]
When Ronnie Baker Brooks says that blues is in his DNA, it’s not an idle claim or a marketing ploy. His Grammy-nominated and Blues Hall of Famer dad Lonnie schooled him in the Chicago blues tradition. Lonnie took him on […]
Randall Bramblett is a dreamcatcher of sorts. He captures images from the airy vaults where they recline, waiting to be downloaded by sensitive souls like him. Of course, translating them into a musical format requires some shapeshifting, so he blends […]
Pair up guitarists JD Simo and Luther Dickinson, and you can expect some sludge to get splashed around. The mix of Simo’s Chicago-by-way-of-Nashville licks and Dickinson’s hill country fuzz whip up a muddy cauldron of stickyfoot stomp. The selections reflect […]
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