Posted in September, 2015

Los Lobos

What is it about Los Lobos? Well, for forty-two years down a zigzagging, consistently fascinating road, the band remains a group of brilliant multi-instrumentalists and singers: David Hidalgo, Louie Perez … Read more

Patty Griffin

With Servant Of Love, Patty delivers a highly introspective album that began to take shape as she marked her 50th birthday. While introspection is certainly one of her hallmarks, there … Read more

Santana & McLaughlin

Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin. Their names together connote the Everest of jazz fusion guitar. This concert at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival was their first long-form collaboration since the … Read more

Dave Davies

“There is madness here!” shouted a spunky Dave Davies at a concert in New York City last November. What followed wasn’t exactly madness, but it was energetic and rife with … Read more

Aerosmith, Aerosmith Rocks Donington

Aerosmith

Ah Donington. Metal’s Mount Olympus. The Reservoir of Rock. It’s incumbent on any band worth its weight in heavy metal to play the place and prove its worthiness as to … Read more

John Mayall, Find A Way To Care, album reviews, blues, British blues

John Mayall

Well, John Mayall has done it to me again. About ten seconds into the first song, “Mother In Law Blues,” he had me drumming my fingers and tapping my toes. … Read more