Summer Fun
Ned Wilkinson’s Spotlight Cabaret brought New Wave summer fun nostalgia from the 1970s and ’80s.
Tag: Elvis Costello
The Krayolas
Happy Go Lucky (Box Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Mixtape 152 :: The Power of the One
You can say that bedrock funk bassist Bootsy Collins is The One, and you would be right on so many levels.
Mixtape 138 :: Political Song
Supremely independent for going on three decades, Superchunk’s incisive nervous energy is still one of the purest indie highs you can find.
Peter Stampfel
20th Century in 100 Songs (Louisiana Red Hot Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Mixtape 107 :: Dedication
Born Ruffians hail from the Great White North, and they have an innate ability to craft razor-sharp hooks out of the simplest of riffs.
Vance Gilbert
Good Good Man (Disismye Music). Review by James Mann.
Lydia Loveless
Boy Crazy And Single(s) (Bloodshot Records). Review by James Mann.
Cindy Wilson
Co-founding B-52s singer / songwriter Cindy Wilson delivers an impressive and intimate Orlando club performance.
Arthur Alexander
Arthur Alexander (Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
So It Is (Legacy). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
6 String Drag
Roots Rock ‘N’ Roll (Royal Potato Family). Review by James Mann.
Jim Lauderdale King of Broken Hearts
Country icon Jim Lauderdale is profiled in The King of Broken Hearts.
The Front Man
Twenty years of hard rocking leads to a nice home in the suburbs, a stable marriage and a beautiful daughter.
Boys School
Boys School (Nectic Collective). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Elvis Costello
In Motion Pictures (Universal Music Enterprises). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Titus Andronicus
Local Business (XL Recordings). Review by Jen Cray.
Chet Baker
The Best of Chet Baker (Riverside). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Brendan Benson
What Kind of World (Readymade). Review by Sean Slone.
Rhett Miller
The Interpreter: Live at Largo (Maximum Sunshine Records). Review by Sean Slone.
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