The Staple Singers
Africa 80 (Omnivore Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Africa 80 (Omnivore Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
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.
The Griot Swings the Classics (Bluclok Records). Review by Stacey Zering.
Melodies from the Heart. Review by Stacey Zering.
Live in Concert (Concord Music Group). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” is cinecast in HD to theaters across North America, and Carl F Gauze witnesses radio on the big screen.
Live - Hope at the Hideout (Anti-Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Robert Mugge’s documentary about Al Green’s tragedy-strewn return to the Church is given the deluxe 25th Anniversary DVD treatment. Can Scott Adams get an amen?
Baby (Burnt Toast Vinyl). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Light Poles and Pines (Seany). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Black Holiday in Mexico City (Shut Eye Records and Agency). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Land of 1000 Dances (Collector’s Choice Music). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Everybody’s Brother (Compadre Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Twenty (Sanctuary Records Group). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Live! Original Cast Recording (Razor and Tie). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Bury Your Hate in a Shallow Grave (Lelp). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Whole Enchilada (Luna Chica Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Poison & Snakes (Asthmatic Kitty). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Still Smokin’ After 20 Years (Triple X Records, Swine Song). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Music From The Motion Picture (Sony Music Soundtrax). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Our Ancestors Swam to Shore (Free Dirt / PM Press). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Jason Vorhees is back in 2009’s soft reboot of Friday the 13th, and it is time for a re-evaluation of the most recent film in the long running franchise.
Squeeze and Boy George dazzle in Clearwater, Florida, as Michelle Wilson ticks two off her Bucket List.
Three strong women oust their evil boss and bring reasonable policies to the workplace in this hit musical.
Marvelous martial arts masterpiece To Kill a Mastermind is finally released from the Shaw Brothers’ vault.
Possessing all the coziness of a gawk-worthy car crash, Permanent Damage, the salacious memoir from the notorious, outrageous “groupie” Miss Mercy Fontenot and celebrated pop culture journalist Lyndsey Parker, provides a surprise payoff.
Michelle Wilson soaks up the jam band vibes when Warren Haynes Band brings their Million Voices Whisper Tour to Jacksonville.