Tough Love? Tough Stuff.
Bluesman TINSLEY ELLIS's new CD, TOUGH LOVE, proves itself tough stuff indeed--10 original songs played and sung with…
Music a Remedy
In his monumental ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, published in 1621, ROBERT BURTON argued for, among other things, music as…
A Beautiful Day in Ms. Rogers’ Neighborhood
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood when KIMM ROGERS dives into her songs on WHERE THE PAVEMENT…
‘It’s Almost Like We’re Standing Against an Evil Giant’
NAVAJO WOMEN are rising up against unfettered oil and gas development on Native lands; a statue of CHIEF…
‘Grass Is the Forgiveness of Nature—Her Constant Benediction’
In 1872 Kansas Sen. JOHN JAMES INGALLS, one of the U.S. Senate's most eloquent voices, praised the vitality…
A Stop at Theresa’s
It was Junior Wells’s return to the Delmark fold; it was the titan Otis Spann’s last recording session.…
Just Like Old Times
JIM ED BROWN makes a stirring comeback with IN STYLE AGAIN; ROB ICKES & TREY HENSLEY deliver one…
Softball, The Music Biz and the Me Decade
MICHAEL SIGMAN recounts an epic softball tripleheader in the Summer of '76 between the Record World Flashmakers and…
Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks
BOB MAROVICH's new gospel picks include a new album by one of the great vocal finds of recent…
Being About The Enduring Values
One of the hottest new bluegrass releases of this young year, DARIN & BROOKE ALDRIDGE's SNAPSHOTS centers on…