Album Reviews

Spookie Daly Pride: Marshmallow Pride

Jeffrey Greenblatt June 22, 2004 No Comments

Lead singer, Spookie Daly

Rodney Jones: Soul Manifesto Live

Dan Bliss June 16, 2004 No Comments

Rodney Jones has been a mainstay on the soul scene for a number of years, spending quality time with such talents as Maceo Parker, James Brown, and Tina Turner.

Phish: Undermind

Shane Handler June 16, 2004 No Comments

Sometimes a story is over before it even starts. By the time Phish

ViV: Flawed

Philip Mccluskey June 15, 2004 No Comments

San Francisco’s ViV is growing as a band, and are coming into their own. The journey isn

He may well be this country’s most famous living mandolinist any side of David Grisman. He is known in some circles as the “Mayor of Telluride” due to the fact that he has performed at 26 of the 27 Telluride Bluegrass Festivals. Some prefer to call him, simply, King Sammy. What ever you call him, you owe it to yourself to take a listen to his latest offering of foot-stomping bluegrass, King Of My World.

Marly Hornik: Say You Do

Philip Mccluskey June 14, 2004 No Comments

Marly Hornik voice doesn

Prince: Musicology

Anthony Anzellotti June 14, 2004 No Comments

This isn

Billy Martin: The Turntable Sessions: Volume 1

Aaron Mendelsohn June 10, 2004 No Comments

Since the summer of 2001, Billy Martin, of Medeski, Martin & Wood, has been organizing Turntable Sessions at various downtown New York City clubs. The Turntable Sessions: Volume 1 is an 11-song collection of highlights throughout the first three years of Martin

Otis Taylor: Double V

Timothy Stout June 10, 2004 No Comments

Otis Taylor spent almost twenty years outside the music business (1977-1995) as an antique salesman, but this record proves he is again where he belongs. Although not a groundbreaking blues album, Double V is an important statement by a man with a lot on his mind.

mellowdrone: go get ’em tiger

Shane Handler June 9, 2004 No Comments

With its mopey vocals and multi-layered arrangements, the second EP from
mellowdrone – go get ’em tiger – is what would result if Radiohead and the Cure had a jam/writing session for a locked away weekend – or maybe an
hour. In fact, the influences are so obvious it’s hard to pin point you’re
actually listening to mellowdrone, the alter-ego of singer/songwriter/musician Jonathan Bates.