ALBUM REVIEW: Roomful of Blues is Still 'Steppin' Out' Swinging after Nearly Six Decades Roomful of Blues have never had any problem living up to their name. Their brassy bombast has packed rooms full of sweaty big band celebrants from coast to coast and round the world for nearly six decades. But for their latest, Steppin' Out, the band has floated a new
ALBUM REVIEW: A ‘Hallejujah!’ Moment for Soul-Blues Warhorse Robert Finley Robert Finley titled his first album Age Don’t Mean a Thing. The singer and guitarist was obviously aiming to make a point, since that 2016 debut came when he was 62 years old. And what a debut it was, introducing a soul-blues man whose music burst with a raw
ALBUM REVIEW: Honoring Cindy Walker with ‘It’s All Her Fault’ Tribute Album Grey DeLisle and Friends Lift up One of Country’s Greatest Songwriters Prolific country songwriter Cindy Walker certainly deserves to be celebrated. In 1970 she became a charter member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and in 1977 Walker was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame. From the 1940s through the 1980s, Walker penned hits for artists ranging from