Kermit Ruffins
Swing This! (Basin Street). Review by David Lee Simmons
Swing This! (Basin Street). Review by David Lee Simmons
Moonburn (Pointblank/Virgin). Review by David Lee Simmons
The Wild Sounds of ’50s Rock (Rhino). Review by David Lee Simmons
Interview by David Lee Simmons
Let it Be Its Own Beast (Animal Belly). Review by David Lee Simmons
Going Underground (Rhino). Review by David Lee Simmons
Various Artists (Rhino). Review by David Lee Simmons
River of Song (Smithsonian Folkways). Review by David Lee Simmons
The Joy of Joplin (Sony Classical). Review by David Lee Simmons
Column by David Lee Simmons
Various Artists (Smithsonian/Sony). Review by David Lee Simmons
Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death (Rhino). Review by David Lee Simmons
Various Artists (Rhino). Review by David Lee Simmons
The Best of Louis Armstrong (Vanguard). Review by David Lee Simmons
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Rhino). Review by David Lee Simmons
Various Artists (Rhino). Review by David Lee Simmons
Review by David Lee Simmons
Dreams to Remember (The Otis Redding Anthology) (Rhino). Review by David Lee Simmons
A Long Way Home (Warner Bros./Reprise). Review by David Lee Simmons
Angels With Dirty Faces (Island). Review by David Lee Simmons
A.J. Croce celebrates the 50th anniversary of his father, Jim Croce’s, three ground breaking albums, with a nationwide tour of Croce Plays Croce.
High Above Harlesden 1978 - 2023 from On-U Sound collects 60 dub and reggae tracks from Creation Rebel, an astounding set of musicians.
Gerta O. Egy’s beautifully drawn fungi almost eclipse their fairyland habitats in her Mushroom Daydream Coloring Book.
One of the last of the classic wuxia swordplay films stands as a fitting coda to the grand period of the genre. Phil Bailey reviews a new Blu-ray release of the 1975 film The Valiant Ones.
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Smash Mouth takes us back to The Brady Bunch circa 1973, with “Sunshine Day,” featuring Barry Williams, the original Greg Brady.
Not everyone can be excited by blocks spinning on a screen, but if you are, Ian Koss recommends you pay attention to Best of Five.
The final two films in the bonkers Hong Kong action comedy series The Inspector Wears Skirts hit Blu-ray from 88 Films.
A pair of early “girls with guns” action films from superstars Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock have arrived from 88 Films.