Bob Dylan’s issued more than a few insubstantial albums over the course of his sixty-plus year career—Down in the Groove and Knocked Out Loaded come to mind first– but few are more lightweight
Thanks largely to the indomitable presence of the late Ron ‘Pigpen’ McKernan, the Grateful Dead’s roots in blues and R&B will never really be lost to history. Here the co-founder
A natural companion piece and logical extension of namesake Duwayne’s 2023 Acoustic, Cedric Burnside’s Hill Country Love hews close to a stripped-down and intimate sound. Featuring only four musicians in skeletal arrangements, this co-production
Pictured conspicuously at a distance from each other on the front cover of All This Time, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams nevertheless present a deep and abiding connection to each other
Begun in 1975 and lasting into their current farewell tour, Joe Walsh’s membership in The Eagles has come to largely overshadow his de facto leadership of the power trio known
Johnny Winter’s supervision of Muddy Waters’ comeback in 1977 was far more productive than The London Muddy Waters Sessions of 1972 (and even more so Howlin’ Wolf’s collaborations with British musicians the
It may not be any coincidence that Ride’s Interplay is the group’s first album in four years. It may be the definitive post–COVID musical statement because, while there’s no question many songs
It’s equal parts ironic and unfair that harpist/ songwriter/vocalist Charlie Musselwhite receives the greatest recognition for those projects on which he collaborates. A pedigree rooted in his musical schooling in the Chicago
Having honed his craft as a bluesman for nigh on twenty years now, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter and recording artist Charlie Parr dilutes the passion of work ever so slightly with Little Sun, his
Cover art is a little cryptic for more than a few albums by the late Jeff Beck. But, in contrast to 2003’s Jeff, for instance, the covers of Who Else! (released 3/16/99), vividly depict
