Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters – Good News (2014)
‘Good News,’ like all Ronnie Earl & The Broadcaster records since their 1990 debut, is where intense soul and stylish exploits intersect.
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The Friday Morning Listen: Les Dudek – Delta Breeze (2013)
This is how it started: Software-type person: “You’ve never seen Evil Dead?!!” You May Also Like: How Dave Matthews Got His Groove Back on ‘Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King’ How Neil Young’s Complex, Hypnotic ‘Greendale’ Revived the Concept Album How ‘Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols’ ChangedRead More
Desert Island Discs: Blues and Blues Rock Edition
It probably goes without saying that, once you found yourself stranded on a distant island, there would be blues. And every kind, too — Delta, dirty, city, country, grease-popping, Texas crunching, let-it-all-hang low, you name it. You May Also Like: ‘Ain’t Gonna Be Your Dog’ Was the Howlin’ Wolf DeepRead More
Ronnie Earl – Hope Radio (2007)
by Mark Saleski Ronnie Earl is one of the most soulful blues guitar players out there. Though he’s played with vocalists (Sugar Ray Norcia being my favorite), he specializes in instrumental recordings like the ones found on Hope Radio, a live recording put together at Wellspring Sound in Acton, Massachussetts.Read More
Bob Margolin on Muddy Waters’ “Mannish Boy,” “Blues for Bartenders,” others: Gimme Five
Bob Margolin discusses his role in Muddy Waters’ final sessions, takes on an early side from Chuck Berry, and then disagrees on one of our favorite solo deep cuts.
Non-Jazz Favorites for 2010
by Mark Saleski Sometimes, a writer can feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of releases that come along during the year. Look at those piles of CDs! It’s a fraction of what shows up on my desk over a 12-month timespan. As I said in my list of Jazz FavoritesRead More
Ronnie Earl – Spread The Love (2010)
Photo by Tommy Hazeltine by Mark Saleski It was many years ago, in the early 1990’s, that I had my first encounter with Ronnie Earl. He was playing at Raoul’s Roadside Attraction in Portland, Maine. I had never heard of him before but a friend of mine was sure thatRead More
Roomful of Blues – Watch You When You Go (2001)
They haven’t taken more than a week off since Nixon’s first term. They’ve withstood disco, fathering a rafter-shaking, swing-blues style that saw its own too-fey-by-half revival. (Did you ever notice that all those bands a few years back had names with the word Daddy in them?) So it is thatRead More
