During this writer’s period as a blues radio host in the early ‘80s, Jimmy Johnson’s “Ashes in My Ashtray” and “ I Need Some Easy Money” from his 1979 Delmark
Last August, Moody Little Sister released their sophomore album Great Big Mama Sunshine. This album serves as catalyst in their canon. Not only does it find them departing from their piano-pop beginnings,
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on A Heart of Gold is Hard to Find, the new album from singer-songwriter Benjamin Tod, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full
Musicians often become restless and continually search for new directions. Restlessness is a chronic state for Sugar Blue, who in this case, finds both new sounds and new places to
In lieu of the booklet of prose, photos etc., usually enclosed in each edition of Dave’s Picks, Volume 32 contains a foldout within which there are some replications of newspaper
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on The Teenage Years of the 21st Century, the new album from singer-songwriter Micah Schnabel, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution
Producer and author Yvette Landry has just written a new biography of the “The Godfather of Swamp Pop” Warren Storm with the same title as its musical companion album Taking
Some of you may have the CD box set of Miles Davis’ first legendary quintet that was released 13 years ago. But many more of you just cannot get enough
Designed by Peter Blake, the cover art for WHO is arguably be more than just a Rorschach test. The patchwork of cultural reference images conceivably mirrors the delicate interrelationships of
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on the self-titled new album from The Slow Laters in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop): The
