Beth Hart has the stage presence and musical chops to keep her devoted following rapt, with onetime blues guitar wunderkind Quinn Sullivan contributing an energetic opening set.
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Music Reviews: The Rolling Stones Reheat ‘Goats Head Soup,’ Plus New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers and Joey Molland
The Rolling Stones' 'Goats Head Soup,' a chart-topper in 1973, reappears in a deluxe edition that includes an excellent concert recording.
Read More »Music Review: Grayson Capps – ‘South Front Street’
'South Front Street from Grayson Capps is a great opportunity to introduce yourself to one of America's best kept musical secrets.
Read More »Music Review: Our Native Daughters – ‘Songs of Our Native Daughters’
'Songs of Our Native Daughters' from Our Native Daughters is as rich and textured, and fraught with violence and emotional turmoil, as the history of Africans in the West.
Read More »Music Review: Joe Bonamassa – ‘Redemption’
The album focuses more on the songs than on shredding, with Bonamassa's six-string wizardry worked into the arrangements rather than blatantly front and center. Still, his masterful solos remind us that we're in the hands of one of our era's greatest blues-rock guitarists.
Read More »Music Review: Matt Kjeldsen Releases ‘Last Days’ EP
The new Matt Kjeldsen EP 'Last Days' is definitely worth listening to. It is full of a range of harmonics, from velvety to dark and muscular.
Read More »Music Premiere: Brother Reverend – ‘Another Hand’ Is First-Rate
Brother Reverend has beaucoup talent, which, combined with their ferocious creativity, makes them significant.
Read More »Music Review: Shemekia Copeland – ‘America’s Child’ – Blues for our times.
‘America’s Child’ and Shemekia Copeland prove that not only are the blues are alive and thriving, they represent all of our dreams and aspirations for a better world.
Read More »Music Review: Randy Forte – ‘Chas Randall’
With 'Chas Randall,' Randy Forte delivers a strong album of country rock replete with bluesy savors.
Read More »Music Review: Peter Lin & The Lintet – ‘With Respect’ to Straight-Ahead Jazz
Laid-back and refined, Lin finesses the tracks to an easy listening respite.
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