BC & The Big Rig – Liars & Saints This Oklahoma-based 5-piece ignites an 11-cut set with cleverly crafted tunes & typical bar band lyrics. It’s well-recorded with blistering guitars & authoritative vocals (Brandon Clark-vocals/guitar). Recorded at Blackbird Studios in Nashville the group maintains a high decibel mode in an early Allman Brothers/Foghat/Georgia Satellites memory. […]
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Haunted Like Human – Tall Tales & Fables What’s instantly noticeable on these 12 songs is they’re all recorded with pristine production. It does help when vocalist Dale Chapman (percussion) has meticulous vocal tone. Warm, & carved out of a traditional folk style but then, Ms. Chapman could probably sing anything. Despite the musician lineup, […]
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Abby Bryant & The Echoes – Not Your Little Girl There was a period in 1968 when a group of prominent musicians including Eric Clapton came together remarkably as part of a dynamic all-star band with horns — known as Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (the studio “Groupie [Superstar],” written by Bonnie & Leon Russell […]
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Billy Joe Shaver & Kinky Friedman – Live Down Under A little raw at times this 22-cut live LP serves as more of a document for aficionados & completists than the curious. Nonetheless, the well-recorded live show by 2 Texas legends down in Australia as part of their “Two For Texas” tour shimmers. From the […]
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Tommy Womack – I Thought I Was Fine Opening with “Pay It Forward,” a vocal treatment akin to Australia’s Flash & the Pan’s classic “Hey St. Peter,” from 1976 (Henry Vanda, George Young). If so, good, classy choice. With this outing, local Nashville hero/survivor Tommy Womack (with 8 solo LPs so far) decided to forego […]
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Buck Owens & The Buckaroos – Third Set: 3 Reissues In the Palm of Your Hand / Ain’t It Amazing, Gracie / (It’s a) Monster’s Holiday This, the 3rd reissue set of CDs by Omnivore Recordings of vintage Buck Owens LPs originally released by Capitol Records in the 70s includes 3 separate titles. The first […]
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Lizard Music – Arizone! This is certainly a well-produced CD that’s sonically crisp, & atmospheric. This NJ rock quartet is reminiscent of the best elements of ancient times: The Beatles, & Klaatu on the opener “The Crow Flies.” Of course, they go punkier on “The Mixtape,” which goes to show the band isn’t exactly original […]
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Ilana Katz Katz – In My Mind It’s like finding another Scarlett Rivera – blues-roots fiddler/singer-songwriter Ilana Katz Katz has gone from Boston’s subway platforms to world stages. While Bob Dylan found Scarlett Rivera in the late 70s walking with her fiddle case in Greenwich Village, he took her off the streets to play gypsy […]
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Nathan Evans Fox – Wasted Love With a warm voice similar to singer-songwriter Marc Cohn (“Walking In Memphis”), Nathan Evans Fox sings with delicate precision & starts with “One of These Days,” a beautiful ballad with soft piano & sincere vocals. Despite the delicacy, Fox has power, authority & he’s articulate. The problem with this […]
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Noel McKay – Blue Blue Blue Discovered in 1993 by legendary singer-songwriter Guy Clark, Noel McKay is distilled in old-world country-western. Not a bad thing. But don’t expect Guy Clark’s alt-country gritty style, Lucinda Williams’ rusty truck tales, or Steve Earle’s socio-political rock-oriented country. That’s not to say McKay isn’t proficient. He is. The songs […]
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