The parallels between the lost-way-too-soon Chicago blues vocalist, the late Michael Ledbetter and the blues influenced born-and-raised Chicago vocalist Shawn James seems impossible to ignore as we consider James’ fourth
There’s a pattern forming. The prolific, ever restless Van Morrison issues new material on Caroline, and then Sony/Legacy responds with either new material or vintage material. It’s getting hard to
If Ghost Light’s debut album, Best Kept Secrets, is worthy of any criticism, it is that which applies to so many first works by so many artists, that is, there
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, called by some “The architect of a new commercially viable fusion” and “Jazz’s young style God,” continues to forge new ground. Each time the New Orleans-based
Soul music is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Bordeaux, France. On his new album I’ve Come a Long Way, Alexis Evans set
Not only are the British coming, but make no mistake, The Comet Is Coming (TCIC) too. The spiritual music made by John and Alice Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders in the
2014’s debut record from Ex Hex was titled Rips and it did just that. That album is a mix of 60’s buzzing garage rock, 80’s glam attitude, and power pop
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Crucial Moments, the new album from New Jersey punk rockers The Bouncing Souls, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for
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Taking its name from the original event(s), Electric On The Eel contains three full electric concerts from the Jerry Garcia Band’s visits to French’s Camp in northern California. The six
