[rating=9.00] Suffice it to say, Back Roads and Abandoned Motels is the strongest Jayhawks album since their seminal classic Tomorrow the Green Grass, an album that helped establish the original
[rating=8.00] It’s hard to prepare yourself for Israel Nash’s Lifted that begins with an instrumental prelude that is somewhat reminiscent of the orchestral backdrops Jack Nitzsche created for Neil Young
[rating=9.00] Called by some the “unofficial poet laureate of New York City,” Willie Nile’s twelfth studio album, Children of Paradise, easily ranks among his best. The angst and in-your-face passion
[rating=7.00] Louisiana Lovin’ is a collaboration between Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Yvette Landry and fellow Lafayette, LA guitarist/vocalist Roddy Romero. The spark for the album grew out of an accidental
[rating=7.00] While there has never been a shortage of great rock bands coming out of Australia, this decade has seen a major influx of Aussie rockers. The psychedelic rock scene
[rating=7.00] Grammy award winner Jon Cleary recently put out a live solo album that featured deep covers of his adopted cities musical pioneers. He has ingested those influences for years
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Salvation, the new album from Ontario punks The Penske File, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best
[rating=8.00] Releasing at least one album every year over the last decade, it’s amazing that garage rocker Ty Segall has been able to maintain a consistently high quality over his
[rating=8.00] The Allman Brothers Band’s Cream of the Crop 2003 is hopefully just the first in a series of archival releases under the Peach Picks banner. Comprised of concert recordings
[rating=8.00] One can only imagine what Lori McKenna’s Massachusetts house must be like. She’s the mother of five. She’s also racked up so many trophies (Grammys, CMA, ACM, and AMA)
