Henry Carrigan

Daryl Mosley spins reliably comforting stories about various facets of daily life. On his third album, A Life Well Lived, his songs cast a look back at the ways we’re shaped by people and places as well as by the lessons our families, friends, and others have taught us.

Drop this record on the player and let your backbone slip to these exuberant party tunes that soulful Charlie Faye and her band, The Fanimals, deliver with affection and merriment. Backed by the soaring harmonies of her former Fayettes, BettySoo and Akina Adderley, Faye’s shimmering vocals create a just-right

Like his father, Dickey Betts, Duane Betts dwells in the spaces between the notes, traversing the frets of his guitar to produce ringing arpeggios of sound and crystalline lead runs that echo long after he caresses each note. He's honed that skill for two decades as a member