Kim Wilson
All the world’s woes evaporate into gritty, gleeful, and gripping melody the instant Kim Wilson starts performing these blues. Wilson formed The Fabulous Thunderbirds with guitarist Jimmie Vaughan (the late … Read more
Posted in November, 2020
Randall Bramblett
This Pine Needle Fire smokes, snaps, and sparkles on the energy of everyday realities, and the enormous talents of a man and his superb band. Georgia son Randall Bramblett was … Read more
Sylvie Simmons
Blue on Blue is an unexpected pleasure, an 11-track album rich in swirling sensuality and a sultry feel that seems strangely at odds with the principal instrument here, a ukulele. … Read more
Exclusive: Music City’s Mother Church: Tab Benoit, Samantha Fish
Artist photos by Laura Carbone; Ryman image courtesy of Ryman Hospitality The doors to the Ryman Auditorium, the musical Mother Church in Nashville, are opening with a bayou bang this … Read more
NRBQ
The maid’s been in the NRBQ vault tidying up, taking care not to toss out the good stuff. An assortment of interesting odds and ends was set aside for In … Read more
James Williamson & Deniz Tek
Raw Power had a mean streak a mile wide. Vicious and menacing, it cruised the streets spoiling for a fight, bruising and battering everyone it encountered with its slashing, rumbling … Read more
Bobby Bare
No BS, when it comes to box sets, Bear Family Records seems to set the standard. Just consider the numbers on their latest LP-sized deluxe offering: 137 tracks on 8 … Read more
Premiere: Will Kimbrough’s Spring Break vs. Fall’s election
Veteran Americana songwriter Will Kimbrough has documented this unprecedented moment in history with a new solo acoustic record, Spring Break, titled from Spring 2020–or as Kimbrough puts it, “When the … Read more
