John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers
Live in 1967: Volume Three (Forty Below Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Live in 1967: Volume Three (Forty Below Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
An evening of soul and alcohol draws Billie Holiday to her demise. Carl F. Gauze reviews Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill at Orlando Shakes.
Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection overwhelms Carl F. Gauze with 12 music CDs reprising the 1972 benefit concert to rebuild Watts, Los Angeles, seven years after the riot.
See That Light (LuEllie Records). Review by James Mann.
He’s the best-selling artist on the Billboard Blues charts, and most people don’t know his name. Who is Joe Bonamassa? Guitar Man tells you that story.
A jailhouse program gives inmates a chance to be heard.
The Corner. Review by Stacey Zering.
Passion No Distraction. Review by Stacey Zering.
Collection Four: Moonshots (2016 -2018). Review by Stacey Zering.
Acorns (Snake River Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Old Habits Die Hard (Acetate Records). Review by Joe Frietze.
Mad Lad A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry (BMG). Review by Joe Frietze.
Jazz and Disney and plenty of piano. There’s only one place THAT could be…
Wild and Free (Devious Planet). Review by Joe Frietze.
Join the jumpin’ Jive at Winter Parks pop up version of The Cotton Club!
Straightjacket (Ruf Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
What if Gilbert and Sullivan did “Chicago” with the cast of “Happy Days”?
Poor Until Payday (Family Owned Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
The Way Life Goes (Deluxe Edition) (Cleopatra Records). Review by Joe Frietze.
Parking Lot Symphony (Blue Note). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
This week, Christopher Long nearly fights a famed rock star in defense of his 1970s pin-up princess. To prove his point, Chris goes into his own garage and digs out his musty vinyl copy of the self-titled 1972 alt. country classic from Linda Ronstadt.
A former convict returns to London to avenge his former enemies and save his daughter. Carl F. Gauze reviews the Theater West End production of Sweeney Todd.
This week, cuddly curmudgeon Christopher Long finds himself feeling even older as he hobbles through a Florida flea market in pursuit of vinyl copies of the four infamous KISS solo albums — just in time to commemorate the set’s milestone 45th anniversary.
Starting with small-time jobs, two gangsters take over all the crime in Marseilles in this well-paced and entertaining French film. Carl F. Gauze reviews the freshly released Arrow Video Blu-ray edition of Borsalino (1970).
Aaron Tanner delivers 400 pages of visual delights from the ever-enigmatic band, The Residents, in The Residents Visual History Book: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 2.
Two teenage boys build a sexy computer girlfriend with an 8-bit computer… you know the story. Carl F. Gauze reviews Weird Science (1985), in a new 4K UHD Blu-ray release from Arrow Films.
Cauldron Films’ new UHD/Blu-ray release of Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (1980) preserves one of the best Italian horror films, according to Phil Bailey.