by Nick DeRiso You’re to be forgiven for expecting this to be a guitar record. First, there’s Ned Evett himself — a master of this specially created fretless version of the instrument. And his producer, gearhead Adrian Belew. Heck, Evett […]
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Returning with his first new album in seven years, Nashville singer-songwriter Kevin Gordon drills in on the second half of that descriptor — telling stories that resonate like age-old fables, even on the first listen. Produced by Dove Award winner […]
by Mark Saleski Back when Tom Waits released Real Gone, I used the concept of the essential nature of a pair of bluejeans to illustrate how that record could be used to get at what Waits’ music is all […]
by Nick DeRiso It was the first John Prine song I ever heard, and it still sends shivers of sad wonder. Learning more about his life around the time that “Hello In There” was composed only gives me a […]
by Nick DeRiso Johnny Winter returns to some of his earliest childhood favorites, and a few tracks from his first bar bands, on the aptly titled new project Roots. The Megaforce Records release boasts an all-star cast of guest […]
By Nick DeRiso The thing that makes the new release All We Are Saying feel so connective is guitarist Bill Frisell‘s willingness to simply let things happen — to accept life as it goes. He selected the songs for this […]
Duke Robillard, co-founder of Roomful of Blues and a former member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, has earned high praise from none other than B.B. King — who labeled him “one of the great players.” B.B. isn’t the only one who’s […]
by Nick DeRiso I came in expecting blues grit, something kind of dangerous — after all, New Orleans singer Olga Wilhelmine Munding has been doing that for a while. She’s also a founding member of the Jessie Mae Hemphill Foundation. […]
by S. Victor Aaron Recorded in the waning days of the 60’s, James Taylor’s second album became one of a handful of albums that defined the pop and rock landscape in the immediate wake of the Beatles’ breakup. Sweet Baby […]
by S. Victor Aaron Ever since Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi married in 2001, the two have frequently contributed to each other projects and performed together. But through (and likely because of) the rigors of The Allman Brothers, The Derek […]
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