Amos Lee - Supply And Demand
Amos Lee has a great bluesy name, excellent taste in hats, and a warm soulful voice that lends itself nicely to his R&B-inflected folk-pop. That's the good news. The less good news, for him anyway, is that he's treading boards worn more
Be Good Tanyas - Hello Love
It feels like three very long years since the release of the Be Good Tanyas' last album, the brilliant Chinatown. Upon reconvening after a hiatus, the trio of Frazey Ford, Trish Klein and Samanth Parton reputedly recorded many songs over the course of a year before settling on the
Pogues - Red Roses For Me / Rum, Sodomy & The Lash / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / Peace & Love / Hell's Ditch
The Pogues were never as popular in the U.S. as in the U.K., where their albums regularly landed in the top 20. Which makes these reissues either a welcome introduction or a bracing reminder of just how well this band took musical elements of the past and present
Big Bill Broonzy - Amsterdam Live Concerts 1953
"If you like a song sing it," Big Bill says, introducing one of many traditional tunes. "If you don't, don't sing it." No more concise description of Broonzy's sound and vision is possible. He sang what he liked, and what
Everly Brothers - Chained To A Memory (8-CD box)
Moments on the DVD accompanying this comprehensive 1966-1972 collection speak volumes about the Everly Brothers' status in the post-British Invasion mid-1960s. Singing their '50s hits on NBC's weekly rock showcase Hullabaloo, their influence on the Beatles notwithstanding, the Everlys' sense of displacement
Alan Jackson - Like Red On A Rose
In nearly seventeen years since his debut, Alan Jackson's musical integrity has remained unswerving. He's maintained, even enhanced his no-frills modern traditionalism while evolving into a world-class songwriter whose work rarely needs enhancement from the usual retinue of Music Row hack "collaborators."