The Mouse That Rocked: A Tribute To Stanley Mouse For those unfamiliar – Detroit’s visual artist Stanley Mouse moved to San Francisco & became the artist who put a “face” on rock music. Stanley created many of the rock ballroom posters & album covers for several famous 60s rock bands & artists (Cream, Jefferson Airplane, […]
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The Power of the Heart: A Tribute To Lou Reed Lou Reed was a hard musical pill to swallow for some. Vocals were dry & monotone. He always “sang” in a somewhat narrative manner rather than a musical one. But there was an attractive idea to his repertoire. He did mine a dark side quite […]
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Zoe Boekbinder – Wildflower Many writers may say this aggregation from the countryside of upstate New York is from the school of Adele. But this music style which Zoe Boekbinder mastered is from the school of Bird York (“In the Deep”) with a touch of Madeliene Peyroux (Ms. York has been singing this way since […]
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Anders Osborne – Picasso’s Villa Anders Osborne’s new album Picasso’s Villa is one of those albums where talented musicians pitched in for a song or two (check the credits), and all the songs are fantastic heartland and jammy rock that sing of trysts and the naiveté of some folks just enjoying the sunshine and traipsing […]
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Lawrence Rothman – The Plow That Broke the Plains Lawrence Rothman was a mess. You wouldn’t know it simply by glancing at the roster of artists the multiskilled producer and songwriter has worked with – Angel Olsen, Amanda Shires, Margo Price and Soccer Mommy are just a few highlights. But as gender identity, body dysmorphia […]
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Chris Barnes – BadNews Travels Fast This set is another vintage-oriented energetic slinky blues exercise that’ll never cease to get toes to tap & beer bottle caps pulled. There’s a bit of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band tradition mixed with early J. Geils Band, a sweep of Elvin Bishop, a dash of Iron City Houserockers […]
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Teresa Storch Band – Open Your Heart What I enjoy about Terea’s Storch approach to her bluesy & at times funky showcase is her capturing a 60s & early 70s aesthetic. Now, despite that statement, there’s little that’s retro about her music. She does lay down a fresh blues posture, but her voice has elements […]
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Wesley Dean – Music From Crazy Hearts Shuffling through this week’s new music, there was just something about this one, Music From Crazy Hearts, by Wesley Dean. There’s something soulful and there’s a gospel chorus energy but it’s mixed in with This album was recorded at Studio A in Nashville. “Southern Man” starts out […]
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Liz Brasher – Baby Damn This independent artist has a full robust tonality to her vocals. An insatiable dulcet voice that necessitates repeated listening. Liz Brasher applies generous amounts of intonation & her phrasing is sharp. The melodies aren’t so much sweet as tenderly acute. Ms. Brasher (vocals/guitars/keys) has a wonderful blend — an intimate […]
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Pi Jacobs – Soldier On This artist, in my opinion, is a refined & classy Bonnie Raitt protégé on some songs. Pi Jacobs is a multi-instrumentalist with a beautiful warm rural voice, sterling accompaniment & a batch of stylistic original songs. All enjoyable pieces. It’s as if I’d known her work for 20 years. The […]
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