The Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Gruenling
A robust group crammed onto a postage-stamp platform, kinetic energy and smoke and sweat slicing the air. Everyone should visit a Chicago blues club at least once. Walk into the … Read more
A robust group crammed onto a postage-stamp platform, kinetic energy and smoke and sweat slicing the air. Everyone should visit a Chicago blues club at least once. Walk into the … Read more
Tribute albums abound in every genre, from jazzed-up Jim Croce to the Beatles on bluegrass, but with Change in the Weather: Janiva Magness Sings John Fogerty, the Grammy-nominated artist bridges … Read more
For years I have heard the phrase “There are only two kinds of music, good and bad,” from the likes of folks like Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, … Read more
If you’re looking for something to do this weekend eve—or next weekend eve, for that matter—have a go at Blinded By the Light, a British coming-of-age story of a … Read more
Photos by Debra Rothenberg Voice Coach Adam Levine hailed her as a “powerhouse,” and fellow coach Jennifer Hudson praised Sarah Grace’s sassiness, while her own coach, Kelly Clarkson, marveled over the … Read more
Photos by Debra Rothenberg When an ’80s rock star from a big, loud band (Winger, Alice Cooper, etc.) walks out on stage with just an acoustic guitar, one wouldn’t expect … Read more
Any new release from Portland, Oregon-based acoustic picker Mary Flower is surely something to be welcomed and, dare I say it, treasured. Flower only delivers a new album when the … Read more
I can’t think of a better title for this 1988 Grammy winner reissue for several reasons. First and foremost, it represents in both content and thought, the promise of what … Read more
July was certainly Steve Goodman month around here. With the release of reissues of his first two Red Pajamas albums, Artistic Hair and Affordable Art, reviewed here and now two … Read more
It’s been said, and often repeated, that “If you remember The Sixties you weren’t really there.” Well, Mike Greenblatt was really there and he does remember! He stood (sat/lay/slept) front … Read more