On his fifteenth release master blues guitarist and vocalist Chris Cain has made it to the top, delivering Raisin’ Cain for the premiere blues label, Alligator Records. Early in his
Like a lot of artists, Sweetlove’s introduction to music came in a church. That gave her a good background and preparation for singing backing vocals for Grammy-nominated and Tony-winning artists. Also,
As the 90’s drew to a close and Britpop was declining in favor, Travis released their sophomore album The Man Who with its single “Why Does It Always Rain On
They’re Calling Me Home is the follow-up to Rhiannon Giddens’ Grammy- nominated 2019 album with Francesco Turrisi, there is no Other which we covered on these pages. As you learned then, as that
This ambitious project pairs the versatile reedman Greg Abate with NEA Jazz Master, pianist and composer Kenny Barron across two discs of all Kenny Barron material, altered and reworked by
The living legend, drummer Steve Gadd, is still very much at it. Gadd, of course, won a Grammy in 2019 with this band (or the core of it) and boasts
If the press materials are to be believed, Athens-GA-based Haunted Shed came to be when singer/songwriter Etienne de Rocher pulled together some local musicians to help provide some ambiance and
What began as the project of one disaffected culture journalist is now, some seven years later, a six-headed beast. Charles de Boisseguin had carved out a niche for himself as
Debut albums are relatively rare on these pages. Enter resonator-playing, foot-stomping Cristina Vane, different enough to merit our attention on her first recording, Nowhere Sounds Lovely. The headline connotes blues,
Most of us know all these songs so well that we can likely sing many of them word for word. Yes, The Weight Band on this outing is a cover
