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.
A young dancer becomes a legal genius in this fun and fast musical comedy.
Forgotten ’70s action film Fear Is the Key is as gritty as the faces of the men who populate it. Phil Bailey reviews the splashy new Blu-ray.
Coffin Joe returns in a comprehensive Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe.
Bob’s been looking for a replacement copy of the rare John Cale release Sabotage/Live (1979, Spy Records) since 1991. He still hasn’t found a copy at a reasonable price, but a random YouTube video allowed him to listen and reminisce.
Hidden gem and hallmark of second-generation martial arts film, 1978’s The Shaolin Plot manages to provide a glimpse of things to come. Charles DJ Deppner reviews Arrow Video’s pristine Blu-ray release, which gives this watershed masterpiece the prestige and polish it richly deserves.
The HawtThorns invite you to soar, with the premiere of “Zero Gravity.”
There’s nothing as humiliating as a cattle call. Unless it’s a cattle call in your undies.