Reviews
Thursday, December 4 2008
Ben Sollee: Learning to Bend
Learning to Bend uses spare but inventive arrangements in a refreshingly cool exploration of the open spaces between genres and between instruments, but stumbles in its over-earnest lyricism.
Thursday, September 4 2008
Pictures and Sound: Pictures and Sound
For his first solo project after Blue Merle, Luke Reynolds brings familiar musical elements to his even more familiar-sounding voice.
Thursday, August 21 2008
Frank Carillo and the Bandoleros: Someday
Frank Carillo takes the lessons learned from three decades supporting rock luminaries and makes an album that sounds like a synthesis of the music of three decades of rock luminaries.
Tuesday, August 12 2008
Johnny Flynn: A Larum
Lest us Yankee folkies get lost in the woods of the Appalachians, Johnny Flynn is here to remind us of Americana’s roots in pastoral British folk.
Monday, August 11 2008
Portland Cello Project: Portland Cello Project
Portland collective takes an all-cello approach to everything from Bach to Balkan to Britney.
Greg Laswell: Three Flights from Alto Nido [6.Aug.08]
The Old Believers: Eight Golden Greats [31.Jul.08]
Reckless Kelly: Bulletproof [23.Jul.08]
The Incredible Vickers Brothers: Gallimaufry [11.Jul.08]
Alejandro Escovedo: Real Animal [25.Jun.08]
Ryan Auffenberg: Marigolds [23.Jun.08]
Griffin House: Flying Upside Down [19.Jun.08]
Kris Delmhorst: Shotgun Singer [18.Jun.08]
Joshua James: The Sun Is Always Brighter [30.May.08]
Camphor: Drawn to Dust [28.May.08]
Fayssoux: Early [23.May.08]
Bravo Johnson: The Crooked and the Straight [21.May.08]
The Proclaimers: Life with You [13.May.08]
Jay Clifford: Driving Blind [8.May.08]
Kristen Ward: Drive Away [1.May.08]
Brian Connell: The Sordid [28.Apr.08]
She & Him: Volume One [18.Apr.08]
Devon Sproule: Keep Your Silver Shined [25.Mar.08]
