Features
Friday, June 28 2002
Hard Hitting Blues: Remembering the Mighty Man
Mentioning his name will jumpstart memories of powerful Chicago-style soul blues that telegraphs a rhythm into the soul of any blues fan.
Friday, June 28 2002
Hard Hitting Blues: Smitty's Blues
Byther Smith has been a working man his whole long life, and rightly takes pride in that honest fact.
Sunday, January 1 1995
An Interview with Robert Palmer
As a vagary of public memory, Palmer's more obvious 'one hit song' (all right, then, 'two hit songs') threatened to eclipse forever the fairly respectable body of work that proceeded or any that might follow.
Tower of Power [1.Jan.95]
Reviews
Cascade Folk Trio: Old Street [30.Mar.04]
Hiroshima: The Bridge [26.Mar.04]
Javier Ruibal: Sahara [16.Mar.04]
Ramiro Musotto: Sudaka [12.Mar.04]
Jalilah's Raks Sharki 6: In a Beirut Mood [9.Mar.04]
Vayo: Al Filo de la Noche (At the Edge of Night) [25.Feb.04]
Various Artists: Drop the Debt [24.Feb.04]
Hedningarna: Hedningarna 1989-2003 [5.Feb.04]
Les Yeux Noirs: Live [4.Feb.04]
Justin Lute: Adventures of Lori Lou [3.Feb.04]
Boris Kovac & the LaDaABa Orchest: Ballads at the End of Time: La Danza Apocalypsa Balcanica, Part [3.Feb.04]
Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues Kingpins [30.Jan.04]
Quetzal: Work Songs [22.Jan.04]
Muddy Waters: Muddy Mississippi Waters Live [16.Jan.04]
Various Artists: West Side Chicago Blues [15.Jan.04]
Various Artists: Blues From Up the Country [11.Jan.04]
Xavier Cugat: The Original Latin Dance King [25.Jul.03]
Various Artists: Savoy Blues 'N' Boogie [27.Jun.03]
Lo'Jo: Au Cabaret Sauvage [18.Jun.03]
Baka Beyond: East to West [9.Jun.03]
Delaney & Bonnie and Friends: D&B Together [30.May.03]
Olatunji: Drums of Passion [Expanded] [28.May.03]
Patty Larkin: Red = Luck [20.May.03]
Johnny Mathis: Love Songs [1.May.03]
Tinariwen: The Radio Tisdas Sessions [17.Jan.03]
Don Nix: Goin' Down: The Songs of Don Nix [13.Jan.03]
Various Artists: A Cellarful of Motown! [27.Dec.02]
Yo-Yo Ma: Bach / Cello Suites Nos. 1, 5 & 6 [8.Nov.02]
T-Model Ford: Bad Man [8.Nov.02]
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Raï [6.Nov.02]
Justin Adams: Desert Road [9.Oct.02]
Roy Buchanan: The Best of Roy Buchanan (20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection) [19.Sep.02]
Roy Rogers: Slideways [17.Sep.02]
Harry Manx: Wise and Otherwise [20.Jun.02]
Christy McWilson: Bed of Roses [18.Jun.02]
Tab Benoit: Wetlands [4.Jun.02]
Corey Harris: Downhome Sophisticate [31.May.02]
Suzzy and Maggie Roche: Zero Church [1.May.02]
Jody Williams: Return of a Legend [24.Apr.02]
Otis Taylor: Respect the Dead [23.Apr.02]
Bob Brozman & René Lacaille: Digdig [17.Apr.02]
Genya Ravan: For Fans Only [11.Apr.02]
Carole King: Love Makes the World [9.Apr.02]
Roxy Music: Avalon [4.Apr.02]
Twangbangers: 26 Days on the Road [28.Mar.02]
Acoustic Hot Tuna [9.Mar.02]
Charlie Musselwhite: One Night in America [25.Feb.02]
Tinsley Ellis: Hell or High Water [25.Feb.02]
Dick Dale [10.Feb.02]
Lo'Jo: Mojo Radio [7.Jan.02]
Various Artists: Mondo Soca [3.Dec.01]
Kid Ramos: Greasy Kid Stuff [8.Oct.01]
Carlos Barbosa-Lima: Mambo No. 5 [24.Sep.01]
Various Artists: Get the Blues! [17.Sep.01]
Various Artists: African Odyssey [10.Sep.01]
Elmore James: The Sky Is Crying [10.Sep.01]
Garmarna: Hildegard von Bingen [3.Sep.01]
Various Artists: The WB presents Pop Stars [27.Jan.01]
Tino Izzo: Nostalgia Trails [2.Nov.00]
Various Artists: Brand Spankin' New [27.Sep.00]
Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater: Reservation Blues [11.Sep.00]
Bernard Allison: Across the Water [7.Aug.00]
Various Artists: The Story of Bossa Nova [17.Jul.00]
Todd Rundgren: One Long Year [19.Jun.00]
David Alvarez y Juego de Manos: Mundo Loco [15.May.00]
DAG [1.Jan.95]
Odetta: Absolutely the Best [1.Jan.95]
Various Artists: Gospel in the Groove [1.Jan.95]
Various Artists: ¡Mo' Vida! [1.Jan.95]
Christy McWilson: The Lucky One [1.Jan.95]
Various Artists: Gardens of Eden [1.Jan.95]
The Hollisters: Sweet Inspiration [1.Jan.95]
Jimmy Johnson: Pepper's Hangout [1.Jan.95]
Various Artists: The Story of Cuba [1.Jan.95]
Asskickers: The Other Side of Town [1.Jan.95]
Various Artists: Rough Guide to Hawaii [1.Jan.95]
Various Artists: Putumayo Presents Cajun [1.Jan.95]
Lonnie Johnson: The Unsung Blues Legend [1.Jan.95]
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Samba [1.Jan.95]
Various Artists: Music from the Tea Lands [1.Jan.95]
Various Artists: This is the Blues Harmonica [1.Jan.95]
Moreno Veloso + 2: Music Typewriter [1.Jan.95]
Joe Maphis: Fire on the Strings [1.Jan.95]
The Pretenders: Learning to Crawl [1.Jan.95]
Chichi Peralta: De Vuelta al Barrio [1.Jan.95]
Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks: Beatin' the Heat [1.Jan.95]
Vivino Brothers Blues Band: self-titled [1.Jan.95]
Dave Thompson: Little Dave and Big Love [1.Jan.95]
Touré-Touré: Laddé [1.Jan.95]
The Tragically Hip: Music @ Work [1.Jan.95]
King Ernest: Blues Got Soul [1.Jan.95]
Dick Dale: Tribal Thunder [1.Jan.95]
Chiwoniso: Ancient Voices [1.Jan.95]
Marcia Ball: Presumed Innocent [1.Jan.95]
Jessie Mae Hemphill: Feelin' Good [1.Jan.95]
Various Artists: Puerto Rico [1.Jan.95]
Chuck Brodsky: Last of the Old Time [1.Jan.95]
Perez Prado: Coleccion de Oro [1.Jan.95]
The Weavers: Best of the Vanguard Years [1.Jan.95]
Chris Smither: Live as I'll Ever Be [1.Jan.95]
