Monday, October 8 2007
Extra Golden: Hera Ma Nono
When I heard about the struggle Extra Golden went through to get their first album done, I didn't seriously think they would make a second one.
Monday, August 27 2007
Hillstomp: After Two but Before Five
Hillstomp avoid the superfluous refinement which distances white blues conservationists from earlier performers. Bravo!
Monday, August 20 2007
Let’s Get Ready to Mumble: An Interview with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club are back. And we still have to lean in to hear what they’re saying.
Thursday, August 2 2007
Like a Boyd on a Wire
PopMatters talks to Joe Boyd, a man at the center of the folk, rock and blues scenes of the 1960s who lived to tell the tale. "The whole notion of folk music and an appreciation of things that are more rural and more traditional and more rustic than our lives are now is the privilege of the middle class."
Wednesday, July 25 2007
Sarolta Zalatnay: Sarolta Zalatnay
Ultimate, absolute, utter gusto would need more waaaaaow! but the gusto she's got is great.
Tuesday, June 19 2007
Glint: Mode to Joy
while Glint's humble, nice-guy act is a bit refreshing in an industry dominated by ego, the band would truly soar if it removed the shackles of its own making and just careened in every direction.
Monday, June 4 2007
Benni Hemm Hemm: Kajak
That professional-amateur sound Hermannson is aiming for can be a tricky thing to perfect.
Tuesday, May 29 2007
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to the Blues
Twenty-two track compilation covers eight decades of blues music, from Mamie Smith to Ali Farke Touré, with mixed results.
