With a touch of Southern-fried soul, Joe Mandica’s “My Heart Belongs” is like a marvelous mating of Bill Lloyd with Bill Deal and the Rhondels.

Taking its title from the name of the street the Verve Pipe’s Donny Brown grew up on, ‘Hess Street EP’ was a striking debut recording.

Solo outings by members of successful bands rarely meet expectations. The self-titled second EP from Donny Brown of the Verve Pipe is different.

A poignant paean to his son and daughter, Joe Mandica’s “I Just Can’t Wait” has been made complete with a newly released video featuring intimate images of family.

Sparsely furnished in the instrumental and arrangement department, but rippling with bare-the-soul prose, Phil Marshall’s ‘Scatterbed’ clocks in as the ultimate rainy day album.

Perfectly placed instrumentation ties in with Chad Bradford’s rich and deep vocals on “Where My Heart Belongs,” like a cool cross between Joe South and Eddie Money.

Curl up in your favorite seating accessory with ‘It’s Psychedelic Baby, Issue No. 2’ for pieces on Merrell Fankhauser, Vanity Fare and other great psychedelic folk rock bands.

Although oodles of Guess Who compilations are available, ‘Track Record: The Guess Who Collection’ is possibly the best of the bounty.

Published and edited by Ron Cooper, ‘Zabadak’ is packed to the ceiling with interviews, comprehensive discographies, news items, photos, and record and concerts reviews.

Bill Pritchard’s ‘Mother Town Hall’ is yet another intoxicating demonstration of witty wordplay and polished musicianship.