Justin Ryan’s ‘Warm Whiskey Nights’ is a collection of 12 relaxed and relaxing ballads.
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Music Review: NRBQ – ‘High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective’
NRBQ are every bit as adventurous as they were as a young bunch of guys playing around at the Adams home some 51 years ago, even though Terry Adams stands alone as the only band member spanning the timeline from then to now. How he’s been able to hang on to the energy and charming irreverence that permeates this box of collected performances (both studio and live in concert) is a testament to his continued enthusiasm and love of music.
Read More »Music Review: Katie Melua’s ‘In Winter’ Is a Captivating Journey
One could view 'In Winter' as a stylish stopgap between Melua's last recording 'Ketevan' and her next album. However, one should embrace it as an inspired seasonal concept album that ties 'The House' as her most ambitious undertaking yet.
Read More »Music Review: Leigh Pilzer – ‘Strunkin’
'Strunkin'' is straight-ahead jazz at its finest, recalling the sophisticated musings from the likes of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman.
Read More »Music Review: Abigail Winzer – ‘Rejoice’ (Christmas Music)
Winzer invites listeners to reflect, with a set of delicately arranged Christmas songs, on the significance of this spiritually charged time of the year.
Read More »Music Review: Iggy Pop – ‘Post Pop Depression: Live at the Royal Albert Hall’ [Blu-ray/2-CD Set]
If you've never seen Iggy Pop in concert, 'Post Pop Depression: Live at the Royal Albert Hall' is the next best thing.
Read More »Music Review: Gwen Hughes – ‘Native Land’
Gwen Hughes captures the ups and downs of her passage through life with profound authenticity, and revealing honesty.
Read More »Music Review: Steve Hussey and Jake Eddy – ‘The Miller Girl’
‘The Miller Girl’ is meant to tell the story of a man who is lost but then delivered through the power of love.
Read More »Music Review: Brown Sabbath – ‘Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath, Vol. II’
Brownout finds the little nooks and crannies of the soulful and funky undercurrents in the heaviness of Black Sabbath songs and fleshes them out with some greasy horns, nearly hypnotic percussion, and much more psychedelic improv than you might think. If you love Black Sabbath, you will dig this unique covers album tremendously.
Read More »Music Review: Thirsty – ‘Albatross’
For ‘Albatross’ at least, Thirsty sticks to a clearly definable, signature formula.
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