ALBUM REVIEW: Tommy Womack Shows How To ‘Live a Little’ The world just lost Todd Snider, but Tommy Womack is still here. The singer and guitarist may lack the stoner persona of his late pal and fellow Nashvillian, but they did share a kind of musical kinship, blending an unflinching, warts-and-all emotional honesty with observational wit and wise-guy charm. And
ALBUM REVIEW: With ‘Mercado 48,’ Daniel Knox Offers a Stripped-Down but Compelling Set of Stories Singer-Songwriter Daniel Knox’s new album, Mercado 48, was recorded over two days in a Portuguese shop of the same name. Knox’s most unadorned renderings to date, these tracks are largely built around sparse piano parts and his signature baritone. That said, Knox still communicates remarkable presence, occurring as
ALBUM REVIEW: Lettuce Heats Up the Season with Serious Funk on ‘Cook’ There’s one big problem with the new album from the veteran funk sextet Lettuce. Sweet and sunny, Cook is a warm-weather record, perfect for a backyard cookout or a lazy drive with the windows down – not a soundtrack for chilly days. Still, the band’s smooth amalgam of feelgood