The Champs Archives • Americana Highways

Music Reviews: Steve Forbert, Andy Hedges, Dwight + Nicole, a Rockabilly Anthology, and George Usher

March 29, 2026March 28, 2026Jeff Burger0

Steve Forbert’s 2015 album, Compromised, has recently been remastered and reissued with a new title, a new mix, a new bonus track, and a few musical embellishments. Now called The Things That I See, the set features strong material and complementary backup from a talented quartet that includes NRBQ co-founder Joey Spampinato (bass) and Spampinato’s […]

Music Reviews: A Marianne Faithfull Box Set, plus Robin Batteau and an Anthology of Early Rock and Rockabilly

August 24, 2025August 23, 2025Jeff Burger0

Like the Bee Gees, Fleetwood Mac, and a handful of other artists, the late Marianne Faithfull was lucky enough to have had more than one musical incarnation. The first began in 1964, when she scored a worldwide folk/pop hit with the lilting “As Tears Go By,” which was composed by her then-future boyfriend, Mick Jagger, […]