Moreland & Arbuckle
Photos by Kyra Kverno On the heels of their May 6th debut release on Alligator Records, Promised Land Or Bust, Wichita, Kansas’ blues rock trio took New York City’s Rockwood Music … Read more
Posted in May, 2016
C.W. Stoneking – 6/3 – Do Division Street Fest (Chicago, IL)
Australian blues artist C.W. Stoneking has built his own musical persona… and it’s a good one. Blending blues and rockabilly with an old-fashioned style, he balances howling vocals with the … Read more
Vinyl Confessions: 43 Reasons to Love Minutemen’s Masterpiece
[I]n a recent Elmore review about Game Theory’s seemingly-forgotten opus Lolita Nation, I alluded to the fact that the album’s structure recalled that of punk band Minutemen, particularly their landmark … Read more
Exclusive: Tall Tales and the Silver Lining Pays Tribute To EmmyLou Harris On…
I think most Elmoristas would agree that there’s no such thing as too much EmmyLou Harris. A band of up-and-coming musicians from Los Angeles certainly feel that way, so they banded … Read more
Gleasons Drift
Ok, you may have never heard of Gleasons Drift, but it looks like they’ve been at it for a while now, with four records in the past twelve years. Their new … Read more
Paul Reddick
Typically you wouldn’t associate the term “wall of sound” with blues and certainly not with Paul Reddick’s previous releases produced by Colin Linden. The sound here, with production from fellow … Read more
The Honeycutters
There’s plenty of controversy coming out of North Carolina these days, but Asheville stands apart both politically and musically. One of the area’s best, The Honeycutters, has dubbed their sound … Read more
Big Jon Atkinson and Bob Corritore
One of the purest, most traditional blues albums of 2016 comes courtesy of 26 year-old guitarist and vocalist Big Jon Atkinson, in collaboration with Chicago-steeped harmonica veteran Bob Corritore. They … Read more
Ana Popovic
As we’ve followed Ana Popovic’s career, we’ve sensed her versatility from blues to rock to funk to jazz, yet we’ve never heard it all on record until now. To say … Read more
Nick Moss Band
The Nick Moss Band is a multi-faceted unit as the title infers. Disc One – Roots is as good an album of Chicago blues as you’ll hear. Disc Two- Fruits … Read more
