Martin Barre
Jethro Tull often gets lumped in with Prog Rockers somewhere between King Crimson and Renaissance, but Tull, at its best, had some hard-driving guitar that set it apart from many … Read more
Posted in January, 2020
Mark Hummel
Harmonicist’s Mark Hummel’s Wayback Machine, true to the title, is an album that could have just as easily come out in the early ‘60s as now. Hummel actually patterned the … Read more
Big Band of Brothers: A Jazz Celebration of the Allman Brothers Band
The music of the Allman Brothers Band has been covered in many ways by musicians drawn to bluesy guitar and extended improvisation. The band’s penchant for jams that stretched into … Read more
Floating Festival
Photos by Laura Carbone The thirty-fourth sailing of the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise is set to rock the seas again. Holland America’s premiere cruise ship the MS Nieuw Statendam … Read more
Premiere: Eleven Hundred Springs, Here ‘Tis—real country
Some bands play country, and some bands are country. When you hear Eleven Hundred Springs, the distinction is perfectly clear—this band epitomizes indigenous country music. Over the course of two … Read more
Marshall Crenshaw
Going under the hood, Marshall Crenshaw made a few small repairs to 1996’s Miracle of Science. The first of five well-regarded records the bespectacled power-pop wizard released for the Razor … Read more
Premiere: Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado
If we ever doubted that the blues is an international language, we have only to look to Danish group Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado for proof. The blues has … Read more
11 Guys Quartet
Today it is rather common for blues and roots artists to have their own record label. Recently we’ve seen blues artists Samantha Fish, Mike Zito, Devon Allman and others go … Read more
The Felice Brothers Kick Off the New Year at Brooklyn Bowl
Photos and Review by Lou Montesano It felt like a homecoming when the Felice Brothers arrived at Brooklyn Bowl to play for fans who’ve been following them since the band’s … Read more
Premiere: Betty Fox – blues goddess & soul shaker on “Peace in Pieces”
Betty Fox grew up in a large family, holding hands with her many cousins as they sang four and five part harmonies, her grandmother standing behind her and Uncle Fred … Read more
