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Eric Clapton

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This stunning release is three great items in one package*: CD or vinyl music, DVD or Blu-ray video, and physical photo book. Let’s start with the book. The book is … Read more

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Chris Barber

Chris Barber’s story is an absolute, action-packed epic, worthy of a Ken Burns documentary or a film adaptation of the extravagant set A Trailblazer’s Legacy, willed into existence by his … Read more

Dar Williams

Nothing goes according to plan on I’ll Meet You Here, and that’s fine by singer-songwriter Dar Williams, who’s grown accustomed to adapting to new circumstances. She’s wiser now and more … Read more

PK Mayo

Three decades plus musician PK Mayo (Paul K. Mayasich) holds his rightful place in both the Minnesota Blues Hall of Fame and the Minnesota Rock & Country Hall of Fame. … Read more

Bob Malone

Bob Malone is a soulful songwriter, passionate singer, exuberant piano player and ecstatic performer whose astounding, abounding talents are immediately evident throughout 11 inspired and inspiring songs on his glorious … Read more

Nina Simone

Forced to grow up fast, maturing fully over a marathon 14-hour recording session one day in 1957 at Beltone Studios in midtown Manhattan, Little Girl Blue wasn’t looking for a … Read more

Billy F. Gibbons

All the tools Billy F. Gibbons needed for the rampaging Hardware were readily available. A heady brew of thick, growling blues-rock, nasty metallic groove, surf noir and hot desert wind … Read more

Ana Egge

Rather remarkably, this is singer-songwriter Ana Egge’s 12th album, and it may well be her most intriguing yet. The combination of Egge’s intimate, breathy voice and her roots-folk songs with … Read more

Willie Nile

Willie Nile The Day the Earth Stood Still Willie Nile. Singer. Songwriter. Political commentator. Rock ‘n’ roll troubadour. His latest release, The Day the Earth Stood Still, is titled after … Read more

Black Light Animals

Playboys of the Western World, raise a glass to Black Light Animals and toast their suave, cinematic debut album, as the Midwestern psychedelic soul jet setters float through a series … Read more