There are more high profile guests on Heidi Newfield’s The Barfly Sessions than one might find on most tribute albums. That’s partly due to the ridiculous amount of styles embedded
Bobby Rush at age 86 survived a bout with CoVid-19 earlier this year and is back with a stripped-down acoustic effort that in one sense is a follow-up to his
Molly Tuttle continues to reveal surprises. The former IBMA “Guitar Player of the Year” and 2028 American Music Award winner for “Instrumentalist of the Year” proved last year with her
The prolific Barrett Martin is a Grammy-winning producer, drummer, and composer who sallies forth here with his band’s ninth album Scattered Diamonds. Martin provided a generous heaping of tracks here,
Two-time Grammy Award-winning and one of today’s most highly acclaimed vocalists, Gregory Porter, puts about as many genres and musical configurations as one could fit onto any album with a
Sometimes music emanates from unexpected places. Zephaniah Ohora, in this case, delivers one of the most classic sounding country albums this side of Nashville, Bakersfield, Austin, or any other likely
Jonathan Richman’s fourth solo effort, I, Jonathan, came at a pretty momentous time in American music. In 1992, glam metal was still throwing punches that failed to connect as they
Nine years ago, Bright Eyes released The People’s Key which was supposedly the group’s very last LP. Bright Eyes’ lyricist and vocalist, Conor Oberst said in interviews that there would
When No Joy’s debut Ghost Blonde came out in 2010, the band was instantly championed as a welcome addition to the nu -gaze movement. On that album, No Joy was
Soprano and tenor saxophonist Teodross Avery with his ninth release as a leader, continues in his tradition of honoring jazz giants. Using two different quartets; the bandleader is joined by
