Bessie Jones, John Davis, and The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell and Ed Young
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Africa 80 (Omnivore Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Gabbarein (Our Silent Canvas). Review by Rose Petralia.
Bob Pomeroy digs into Un “Sung Stories” (1986, Liberation Hall), Blasters’ frontman Phil Alvin’s American Roots collaboration with Sun Ra and his Arkestra, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and New Orleans saxman Lee Allen.
24th Street Blues (Bohemian Neglect Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
55th Anniversary Super Deluxe Double LP (Don Giovanni Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Kramies (VanGerrett Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Misanthropology (Westgaard Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Cover to Cover (Compass Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Keep For Cheap (Refresh Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Jeremy Glazier and guests Chelsey Coy and Gary Knight of Americana folk band Single Girl Married Girl talk about new music from soulful country artist Riddy Arman, folk favorite Ben Greenberg, Norwegian folk duo Kings of Convenience, and Single Girl Married Girl’s third album, Three Generations of Leaving. Don’t miss it!
Yol (ATO Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Fly On The Wall. (Local Woman Records) Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Some Good Lives (Dutch Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
The Man With Everything (Flour Sack Cape Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Flying Carpet (Justin Time). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Lost + Found (Rock Ridge Music). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Freedom Highway (Nonesuch). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Aldous Harding (Flying Nun). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Through the Thin (Riled Up Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Twenty-three years after his Sonic Recipe for Love, Steve Stav writes a playlist for the brokenhearted victims of another corporate holiday: the first Valentine’s Day of the second Trump era.
Phil Bailey reviews Rampo Noir, a four part, surreal horror anthology film based on the works of Japan’s horror legend, Edogawa Rampo.
In this latest installment of his popular weekly series, Christopher Long finds himself dumpster diving at a groovy music joint in Oklahoma City, where he scores a bagful of treasure for UNDER $20 — including a well-cared-for $3 vinyl copy of Life for the Taking, the platinum-selling 1978 sophomore set from Eddie Money.
Ink 19’s Liz Weiss spends an intimate evening with Gregory Alan Isakov.
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (Jagjaguwar). Review by Peter Lindblad.
This week, Christopher Long goes “gaga” over discovering an ’80s treasure: an OG vinyl copy of Spring Session M, the timeless 1982 classic from Missing Persons — for just six bucks!
Both bold experiment and colossal failure in the 1960s, Esperanto language art house horror film Incubus returns with pre-_Star Trek_ William Shatner to claim a perhaps more serious audience.
You Can’t Tell Me I’m Not What I Used To Be (North & Left Records). Review by Randy Radic.