Music Reviews: Sad Daddy Ozark Shine plus Two Vintage Soul Albums This writer pays attention anytime the ultra-talented Melissa Carper’s name shows up, and it shows up often these days. The singer, songwriter, and upright bass player has been adding to her discography at a steady rate. She has also been recording with Kelly Willis […]
Music Reviews: Nighthawk, Smoking Popes, the Seldom Scene, Maria Manousaki, Grey DeLisle, and Johnny Rawls Nighthawk, Street Dog. Parker Hawkins (aka Nighthawk) is the bassist for Piper & the Hard Times, a Nashville-based blues-rock outfit whose debut CD topped Billboard’s blues album chart last year. He took a break from that gig to create Street […]
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Johnny Rawls – Make Them Dance I thought this was going to be a retro infused oldies show with a veteran singer who’s absorbed all the intonations & tones of past giants. I was wrong. Instead, Johnny’s loaded with the grace of some lesser-known soulful middle-of-the-road male vocalists from the glorious past who were so […]
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Relentless is the first new Pretenders album in three years, following 2020’s Hate for Sale, and it’s just the fifth collection of fresh material from the group to arrive in this century. That’s a bit misleading, though, since Pretenders prime mover Chrissie Hynde has also released three ostensible solo CDs over that period, most recently […]
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