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Graham Parker - Don't Tell Columbus

Graham Parker has been unfairly tagged as an angry young man who never grew past his venom-spewing days, but over the years, he's written and recorded some of the most tender declarations of love, some of the most earnest cries for connection, and some of the downright sweetest

The Shins - Little big band

The Shins - Little big band

If the United States of America had a Minister of Arts & Culture, he or she could have easily declared January 2007 to be National Shins Month. In the days surrounding the January 23 release of their third Sub Pop album, Wincing The Night Away, the band was everywhere you

Tony Joe White - Swamp Music: The Complete Monument Recordings (4-CD Box)

As an examination of the moment when down-home whites and their equally down-home but somewhat less privileged black neighbors could no longer speak to each other, Tony Joe White's "Willie And Laura Mae Jones" is as valuable a '60s document as, say, Haskell Wexler'

Mac Wiseman - On Susan's Floor

This second volume of Bear Family's revealing, entertaining retrospective of the musical adventures of this singular singer will take listeners into surprising places -- even those who figure they know Mac Wiseman's work pretty well. The 114 tracks here begin where the earlier 'Tis Sweet

Jim Dickinson - Fishing With Charlie And Other Selected Readings

Fishing With Charlie shows another side of Jim Dickinson, as the veteran producer/sideman steps away from his piano for an album of spoken-word recordings. A natural raconteur in interviews, Dickinson brings a warmth and intimacy to his readings in a voice that captures the listener's attention. He

Cyndi Wheeler - At the corner of jazz & bluegrass

"Doing this sort of music was an idea," Cyndi Wheeler explains, at a java emporium not far from Music Row. "I've come to love bluegrass so much; it speaks to me on a whole different level than jazz does, but both are exciting. I love

Jenny Whiteley - Following family footsteps

A self-described late bloomer, Jenny Whiteley didn't decide to dedicate her life to music until she was 24. That she eventually chose art over a steady paycheck wasn't, however, overly shocking. The Toronto-raised singer-songwriter, whose third and latest solo album is titled Dear, was born into