Rock The Plaza – Concert To Save The Historic Plaza Theatre This live effort, produced by Spike Edney, Brian Ray & Matt Sorum, was recorded Nov. 11th, 2022. The LP was produced by Brian Ray. It was a concert to help restore the historic Plaza Theatre (Palm Springs, CA) with performances by Alice Cooper & […]
Duwayne Burnside – Red Rooster We’ll start with one criticism & get it out of the way. Lead guitarist, vocalist, bassist & drummer Duwayne Burnside (former North Mississippi All Stars) deserves far better album artwork to espouse the quality of his recording & excellent songs. The showcase is somewhat an evolution & gets off to […]
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The Doohickeys – Merry Happy Whatever – 5 Original Christmas Songs EP I’m not inclined to do holiday music, but this EP is cleverly humorous, well-performed, & done with good intentions. Multi-nominated Grammy producer Eric Corne (stomp/claps) keeps an eye on the reins for the Americana/Country flavored effort that features Haley Spence Brown (vocals/stomp/claps) & […]
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Warren Zevon – Epilogue: Live at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival These 13 live tracks, previously unissued, represent this August 9th, 2002, duo performance in Canada. No band. Produced for release by Cheryl Pawelski, Adam Unger & Matt Cartsonis, the effort is admirable. The audio anomalies should be ignored & forgiven for this showcase Epilogue: […]
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Kim Wilson – Slow Burn My first exposure to Kim Wilson was years ago, when, along with his Texas day job band, The Fabulous Thunderbirds (since 1974), I was treated to the marvelous 1986 “Tuff Enuff.” Over the years, the additional band albums continued to feature hot, accessible, if not commercial blues tunes. When Kim […]
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Dr John Live at the Village Gate – 2 CD Set This double album is a previously unissued live set at the Village Gate in New York City. Dr John’s showcase was captured on March 5th, 1988, with 7 tracks on CD #1 & 5 on CD #2. Produced for release by Cheryl Pawelski & […]
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Amy Speace – The Blue Rock Session This effort, recorded in 3 hours in Wimberley, TX, doesn’t sound like a rush job. Captured solo during a songwriter retreat in a “live” atmosphere makes it an exciting showcase. Author Jack Kerouac used to say, “first thought, best thought.” He wasn’t a fan of rewriting, polishing, buffing […]
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Haunted Like Human – American Mythology Superb harmonies blend with the sparkling Nashville-based voices of Georgia-native Dale Chapman & Oregon-bred multi-instrumentalist Cody Clark. Together, they’re reminiscent vocally of Lyme & Cybelle (Warren Zevon & Violet Santangelo) who in 1966 issued the terrific minor single “Follow Me.” This Haunted Like Human effort has more folky elements […]
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Dude Cervantes & the Panchos – The Ride Or Die Of Dude Cervantes & the Panchos This showcase was recorded live at the Hotel Café in April 2023 & produced by Southern California musician Dude Cervantes. There are 6 tracks featured on The Ride Or Die Of Dude Cervantes & the Panchos (Drops Nov 28/Blind […]
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Christopher Cross – All Right – The Worldwide Singles 1980-1988 – 2 CD Set While there’s no stitched insert with detailed liner notes or photographs & no individual musician credits. The 6-panel container is artistically colorful & the CDs provide 20 A-sides to Disc One & 11 B-sides to Disc Two. The compilation was produced […]
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