Posts by Doug Collette

Stephen Stills and Manassas were the headliners at this 1973 show, but Joe Walsh & Barnstorm brought the true climax.

[rating=8.00] Much superior to the initial reunion record, 2012’s Three Chords Good, Graham Parker & The Rumour’s followup Mystery Glue is the work of former band-mates fully reacquainted with each other. And if it doesn’t sound exactly like the 1979  watershed Squeezing Out Sparks, it’s because it’s not meant to. Hearing Mystery Glue is like […]

Although it probably wasn’t intended as such, The Fifth Annual Grateful Dead Meet Up at the Movies on May 4 served as a dry run for the theatrical streaming of the Fare Thee Well shows scheduled for late June and July Fourth weekend. Though those performances will no doubt carry much more of an emotional […]

[rating=8.00] It’s been over a decade since It Still Moves, the arguable pinnacle of My Morning Jacket’s discography, and in the interim (with the benefit of that proverbial hindsight), the experimentation on Z and Evil Urges  might well has been left for titular leader Jim James’ solo effort Regions of Light and Sound (or the […]

Take Five is a jazz column by Glide contributor Doug Collette, who will be taking snap-shot reviews of recent jazz albums Stanton Moore/Conversations (The Royal Potato Family): In contrast to his groove driven leadership of Galactic as well as his own trios and funk oriented collaborations, this album is an acoustic piano trio studio set deriving from over […]

[rating=9.00] The North Mississippi Allstars’ World Boogie Is Coming served at once as a recapitulation of their roots as well as a harbinger of things to come. The multiple and diverse partnerships which filled that record (including a guest appearance by Robert Plant) have now crystallized into Freedom & Dreams, the first full-length project along […]

[rating=8.00] The Waterboys’ Modern Blues is an excellent execution of leader Mike Scott’s concept to emphasize the unity of his chosen musical ensemble for the album. This conscious decision in turn led him to  a Nashville recording studio with musicians  in tow  including tried and true sidemen like Steve Wickham as well as a long-time […]

[rating=8.00] Dub Side of the Mule deserves its release in recognition of Gov’t Mule’s twenty-year anniversary in 2014. Their New Year’s 2006 appearance at the Beacon Theatre within this complete package of three CDs plus a DVD stands a turning point in their career because, in contrast to previous appearances at the Broadway venue , […]

Since leaving The Steve Miller Band in 1968 Boz Scaggs has made a career of uniting an earthy rhythm and blues approach with smooth soulful crooning. Scaggs’ latest record, A Fool to Care, continues that approach with stylistic success comparable to 2013’s Memphis but with collaborations from the likes of Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams. […]

[rating=6.00] Notwithstanding a theory that the standard album would be more potent with a third of its sixteen tracks subtracted, Van Morrison’s new album Duets: Re-working the Catalogue isn’t quite as cynical a ploy to widen his audience as the subtitle suggests. Nevertheless, in collaborating on a selection of songs suggested by the man himself […]