Premiere: Jonathan Paull Gertler operates with No Fear
Jonathan Paull Gertler operates on the “less is more” premise with No Fear, set for release on September 10. Capturing a pure acoustic sound, Gertler has gone for clean guitar … Read more
Posts tagged album reviews
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
James Lee Stanley & Dan Navarro
James Lee Stanley has found another rock group to re-invent, and a new partner, Dan Navarro, to help. Stanley certainly has chops in many Americana areas, but one that he—and … Read more
Debbie Bond
Alabama blueslady Debbie Bond returns with a new album, recorded—like many these days—during the pandemic by whatever means possible and very much against the odds. Bond managed to beat the … Read more
Tito Jackson
Now here’s a truly surprising blues release, one that just twists and turns beautifully with a solid soul-music undertow. Maybe much of the unexpected virtue here is the artist himself, … Read more
Los Lobos
Los Lobos. The “Wolves” from East LA. The same five multi-instrumentalist virtuosos and charismatic singers—David Hidalgo, Louis Perez, Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano, and Steve Berlin—going on 50 years. Still very … Read more
The Cruzados
Dirty, gritty and hot, baked in the Los Angeles sun and tattooed with the words “born to raise hell,” the driving, Chicano-flavored rock ‘n roll of The Cruzados roars back … Read more
Premiere: A Departure for The Shift—and folk
Departure is exactly that: a new move in modern folk music. With their band, The Shift, Cascadian ramblers Kalan Wolfe and Keely Crow-Ka infuse intuitive, organic production and sparking musicianship … Read more
Nobody’s Girl
None of the angelic sirens of Nobody’s Girl is missing a brain or a heart or lacking in courage. Referencing the “Wizard of Oz” in the soft, yearning anthem “Kansas” … Read more
Trapper Schoepp
The significance of May Day is not lost on Trapper Schoepp. The Milwaukee singer-songwriter’s birthday falls on the holiday, which celebrates spring’s transition to summer and nature’s awe-inspiring reawakening. References … Read more
