Sarah Blacker shines on winsome Come What May CD release
Sarah Blacker’s new Come What May CD stands up to repeated listening. I left this CD in my computer to play over and over again for days on end as I attended to other matters, and I never grew tired of listening to all the sweet vocal melodies it had to offer. Guitar, mandolin, organ, […]
Sully Erna’s Avalon scores with original sound; Lisa Guyer works well with Godsmack star
It is immediately clear why Sully Erna formed a separate band to record the ten songs on his recently released solo CD, Avalon. The album is far too acoustic-oriented musically and much too mystical thematically to work for his mega-million selling band Godsmack. Dark, mystical, unpredictable, and at times, downright scary. Yet, Erna’s songwriting always […]
Delta Generators release fun, glorious full-length debut CD
Delta Generators have released their debut full length CD Hard River To Row, and without surprise to anyone who has seen them live, it is one of the best local blues CD s of 2010. Everything is just right on this disc. Delta Generators are one of those rare bands that go beyond talent to […]
Sweet live CD bodes well for current tour
The popular hard-driving glam rockers from the 1970s are back. Sweet are on tour with their hits Action, Fox On The Run, and Little Willy. Everyone who grew up with this band in the 1970s will surely have fond memories of hearing Little Willy on their parent’s car radio or on transistor radios at the […]
Stuart Ferguson releases beautiful, well-woven sophomore CD for 5Th Chakra Records
Stuart Ferguson’s sophomore CD Love Songs (And Other Tall Tales) finds the artist in top form as his unusually smooth voice graces his gentle odes to love in its many splendor and not so splendor modes. Ferguson embraces fine musical touches to paint his vision. Yet, his artistic flourishes are only part of the story. […]
Bruce Springsteen unleashes fine “lost” album with The Promise double CD
Bruce Springsteen has pulled several finished tracks out of vaults that he was working on during the sessions for 1978’s Darkness Of The Edge Of Town album. While everything here may not be completely evolved , The Promise does offer 21 tracks of solid Bruce. Whether you’re a diehard Springsteen fan or just a casual […]
Jimi Hendrix legacy complimented by West Coast Seattle Boy single CD
The new release from the people at Experience Hendrix culls together enough material for a boxed set. This review focuses on the single CD of highlights from the new box set because these songs get to the heart of what is most important in the collection they’re calling West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix […]
Lois Greco moves to a higher level with Takin’ Hold Of Your Heart CD
Lois Greco intros her new CD Takin’ Hold Of Your Heart with the standard “Tobacco Road.” She rushes in with an incredibly dynamic vocal interpretation, her gutsy, raspy wail pulling the listener right into the CD as she also pulls her backing band in with the force of her voice, forcing them to match her […]
Eli “Paperboy” Reed releases slick, smooth, unimpressive major-label debut
Eli “Paper Boy” Reed has all the earmarks of an up and coming music star. He’s been signed to Capitol EMI and he is touring around the world. His Capitol EMI debut Come And Get It has all the earmarks of an emerging talent. A smooth crooner voice with occasional sustain reveals richness and restraint. […]
Peter Parcek 3 releases blues guitar masterpiece The Mathematics Of Love
Peter Parcek plays the guitar so extraordinarily well that he really owed it to his fans to get himself into the studio to record this document of his talent. The Mathematics Of Love, released on the Vizztone label, features many aspects of Parcek’s fine executions on guitar, and each dollop of talent is in the […]
