Author: John Moore

Susanna Hoffs – The Deep End (Baroque Folk) The Bangles co-founder Susanna Hoffs is no stranger to a cover song. Across three separate albums teamed with Matthew Sweet, the duo gave their takes on dozens of artists from Bob Dylan and The Beach Boys to XTC and Echo And The Bunnymen. So, it’s not strange […]

Chickasaw Mudd Puppies – Fall Line (Strolling Bones Records) When Georgia’s Chickasaw Mudd Puppies last put out a record, Nirvana was just starting to take over the world, Michael Bolton was still a couple of years away from becoming a punchline and Taylor Swift was only two years old. Thirty-one years later, the band – […]

Peter Case – Doctor Moan (Sunset Blvd. Records) As a member of the groundbreaking proto punk band The Nerves, former frontman for the wildly underrated Plimsouls, and a remarkable solo artist for the past three decades, Peter Case has earned the right to deviate from the music people expect from him at this point. And […]

Mike Stinson & Johnny Irion – Working My Way Down (Blackwing Music) Mike Stinson and Johnny Irion started working on a record together years ago. And, well, sometimes life gets in the way and projects get put on the backburner. In this case, this one sat on the stove for almost 30 years. In the […]

Jaimee Harris – Boomerang Town (Thirty Tigers) Much like Springsteen decades before her with Born To Run, Jaimee Harris has her own tale of wanting to break out of her “death trap” town. In Harris’ case it’s not a New Jersey cage on Highway 9, but a small Texas burg that she’s cleverly coined Boomerang […]

The Mother Hips – When We Disappear (Blue Rose) It’s almost cliche to cite the Black Crowes when talking about San Francisco’s The Mother Hips, but here goes. While the Georgia-based Crowes were playing Blues and Jam influenced Roots Rock to the masses starting in the early ‘90s – at a time when that music […]

Zach & Maggie – The Elephant In The Room (Self-Released) Even three songs deep into The Elephant In the Room, the 10-song effort from husband-and-wife band Zach & Maggie, you’re still not sure what to expect as the album plays on. The opening title track, with vocals and violin supplied by Maggie sounds like a […]

Little River Band – Ultimate Hits; Masterpieces (Universal Music) It’s a little shocking that it took the recent yacht rock rebirth, (the seemingly ironic, but in reality propelled by pure love, revival) to finally bring the music loving world’s attention back to musicians like Hall & Oates, Fleetwood Mac and Christopher Cross. But just as […]