Roll On
DAVE ADKINS and REPUBLIK STEEL make an impression on their debut album, That's Just the Way I Roll, as a new bluegrass band to be dealt with. Secret weapon: Adkins himself, a formidable vocalist.
Reviews
Showtime, With an Edge
A scintillating interpretation of Neil Young's harrowing folk tale 'Powderfinger' is one of many delights of DARIN and BROOKE ALDRIDGE's Live at Red, White and Bluegrass album
Family Ties
Bluegrass newcomers FLATT LONESOME are capturing the traditional world's attention with their debut album. A flawless start it's not, but the band is positioning itself for a long, fruitful run.
The Persistence of ‘Time’
Seventeen albums into her career, KATHY KALLICK is making some of the best music of her distinguished career. The folk-bluegrass epistle TIME will hook you and never let go.
Long Ago, Far Away, Ever Relevant
Exploring songs associated with the great female blues and jazz vocalists of the '20s and '30s, ROBERTA DONNAY & THE PROHIBITION MOB BAND sound ever-relevant on A LITTLE SUGAR
His Own Man
DEVON ALLMAN's solo debut, 'Turquoise,' tells us the son of Gregg is his own man--more to the point, that he knows who he is as his own man. No mean feat, that.
Of Doo-Wop and a Full Grown Man
AARON NEVILLE has a unique definition of doo-wop that includes 'Be My Baby' in the genre, and he's done the music of his youth justice on his fine new album, MY TRUE STORY.
Another Place, Another Time, Right Now
Better known for her role on Showtime's 'Shameless' series, EMMY ROSSUM also is a singer on the rise. On 'SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY,' her album of classic pop standards, arranged to evoke the months of the year, she rises fast.
Eddie C., On the Money & In the Pocket
SPIDER EATING PREACHER is a gem of a Chicago blues album by EDDIE C. CAMPBELL. Hospitalized in Germany after suffering a heart attack and a stroke, Eddie C. needs help to get back to the States. Check out the record, and give generously to the…
The Curious Looming of Objects Between Earth and Sky
Minnesota six- and 12-string guitarist KYLE FOSBURGH new album, THE TRAVELER'S JOURNEY, 'is calculated to excite the perceptions and keep alive the imagination.' Add to this: powerful, evocative, spiritually resonant. And beautiful.