On The Shoulders of Giants. Review by Carl F Gauze.

Strays in the Cut (Noble Steed Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Heal My Soul (Provogue). Review by Joe Frietze.

Side Pony (Nonesuch). Review by Joe Frietze.

Anti-Hero (I’m Single Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Black Beauty (High Moon). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Bayou bluesman Tab Benoit and Samantha Fish are a match made in blues heaven, says Michelle Wilson!

Turn It Up (Chicken Coup Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Jail House Bound: John Lomax’s First Southern Prison Recordings, 1933 (Global Jukebox / West Virginia University Press). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Mark Sultan takes a break from his other gig with King Khan to storm St. Augustine with his one-man band. Matthew Moyer assures us, it’s awesome – and there’s not a washboard or hat cymbal anywhere on the premises.

What happens when the Muppets take a whole lot of drugs and partner up with an avant garde musician? Something along the lines of Quintron and Miss Pussycat. Matthew Moyer reveled in the unearthly delights.

Through Low Light And Trees (Year 7). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Live in Concert (Concord Music Group). Review by Carl F Gauze.

The distance between Eunice Waymon and Nina Simone is explained and explored for Jessica Whittington in this somewhat dry biography.

Midnight Flyer (Stax Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Tin Can Trust (Shout! Factory). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Midnight Flyer (Stax). Review by Carl F Gauze.

After spending decades as a session musician, Bay Area blues artist Tom Casino carves his own identity in the aging genre by adding drunken wit and Ramones pop-punk to the mix.

Florida’s annual Wanee Festival is a 3 day Southern-style jamfest featuring over thirty bands. The 2010 edition found The Allmann Brothers and Widespread Panic topping a bill of over 30 bands.

“How High The Moon,” indeed. Imelda May’s tribute to Les Paul & Mary Ford - with Jeff Beck along for the ride - not only caused quite a sensation at the Grammys, it opened America’s eyes and ears to an Irish singing sensation on the rise. Steve Stav recently talked to Ms. May about her big night, guitar god Beck, and her upcoming U.S. tour.