Dr. John
Things Happen That Way (Rounder). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Things Happen That Way (Rounder). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Dr. John’s Final Studio Album Things Happen That Way Comes Out September 23, 2022
Dark Matter (Creative Differences). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The legendary 83 year old bluesman can still command a stage, says Roi Tamkin.
Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Smithsonian/Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
A Tip of the Hat to Fats: Live From the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2018 (Blind Pig Records / the Orchard). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Angels in Heaven Done Signed My Name (Easy Eye Sound). Review by James Mann.
Don’t You Feel My Leg - The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blu Lou Barker (The Last Music Company). Review by David Whited.
Are You One Of Jay’s Kids?: The Complete Bizarre Sessions 1991-1994 (Manifesto Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Live at Chickie Wah Wah (FHQ Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Parking Lot Symphony (Blue Note). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Savoy Motel (What’s Your Rupture?). Review by Christopher Long
The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: A Celebration of Mac and his Music (Concord Music Group). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
From the Big Muddy: Impressions of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2016
Live In Chicago (Orleans Records). Review by James Mann.
Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History of Bobby Rush ( Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.
The Atco/Atlantic Singles 1968-1974 (Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.
Step Back (Megaforce Records). Review by James Mann.
Decisions (Silver Talon Records). Review by James Mann.
Classified: Remixed and Expanded (Rounder Records). Review by James Mann.
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.
Marleen Gorris’s first theatrical feature is a potent feminist look at the easily disposable lives of sex workers in Amsterdam. Phil Bailey reviews Broken Mirrors.
Late bloomer Tony Bowman spins a tale of past decades with a Jimmy Buffett soundtrack.