Dream Dictionary is consistent with Jim’s creative trajectory since American Hips (2003). Operating largely in a trio format (Dictionary features Josh Dion on drums and Chris Morrissey on bass), Campy picks, bends, and squawks his way through twelve tunes that demonstrate his uncanny ability […]
Two new albums from a pair of songwriter/guitarists with righteous facial hair. The perfect soundtrack to Movember! Shadows, Greys & Evil Ways by The White Buffalo It’s been almost two years since Jake Smith, aka The White Buffalo, released his outstanding […]
Blues guitarist and songwriter Jeff Jensen closes Road Worn and Ragged with “Thankful,” a funky/soulful ode to a musical life well-lived; it’s a sentiment not often associated with the angsty 3-chord art form that is the blues. But we should all be […]
On a recent trip to hometown Albuquerque, I was lucky enough to catch a show featuring one of the southwest’s foremost pickers of all things stringed. Gregg Daigle is equally at home whether flatpicking an acoustic guitar, coaxing bluesy licks from […]
It was with some trepidation that I spun Buddy Guy’s latest 2-disc effort, Rhythm & Blues. Not trepidation because Buddy has somehow lost his game; at age 76, he can still lay waste to blues pickers a quarter his age. And […]
