Album Reviews

This is the best of the New Orleans jazz funk scene today, and it

Allison Moorer

My Morning Jacket have released the five song E.P Acoustic Citsuoca recorded at a low key Halloween performance at the Startime Pavilion in Braintree, Massachusetts. Coming off a tour with Bright Eye

After opening for the Black Eyes Peas, N.E.R.D. and The Thrills on a spring jaunt, Spymob has at last released their debut full-length album

Certain records should come with instructions. In the case of Donavon Frankenreiter

Get Yer Boots On

Since the high profile debut 1992 release, Tongues and Tails, that garnered a Grammy nom and added, “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover,” to your permanent memory bank, Hawkins has moved about without much commotion. Now, fourteen years later, she is releasing her first independently recorded album, Wilderness.

Reviewing Songs From the Tin Shed, a collaboration between The Big Wu’s Chris Castino and Jeff Austin of the Yonder Mountain String Band, promised to be a no-brainer, a work by representatives of two of today’s hottest jambands. I expected pure acoustic gold with this record. Unfortunately, the chaff prevails.

Some things go in and out of style, but Joe Jackson and his brand of

Layered with dreamy, waif-like harmonies and casual cinematic passages, gorjus: fighting Bockman

Kansas

Unearthing a side project that borders on spectral instrumentals and acerbic pieces, Joel Peterson

With Deep Banana Blackout on hiatus, guitarist/songwriter Fuzz has remained busy as usual by writing new songs and touring with his own band.

The Paul Simon Songbook stands as a time capsule of Simon

Built around the soothing rhythms of Cort Farris

Toots Hibbert entered the collaboration game, but left the teenyboppers and exposed boobs off the lineup, opting for a more mature, authentic all-star cast to join him on True Love. The result is far from a Maytals reggae classic, but it

Where The Beta Band

Jobarteh Kunda

Billy Martin continues to explore the art of percussion, avant-garde and beyond with his eclectic Amulet Records label with illy B Eats Volume 2, This recording features a series of Martin made break beats and percussion samples intended for DJ use – appearing on both vinyl and disc.

Calexico manages to place their patented romantic gypsy artistry throughout most of this 6 song EP, featuring 3 distinct covers. With their hints towards jazz, world, experimental and rock, Calexico continues to earn their well due cult praises.