Mazzy Star’s music always had this sense of sweet reverie. Still does.

Machine Mass Trio has constructed a mesmerizing, moving carpet of boisterous sax, knifing guitars and boiling rhythms on the electronics-laden As Real As Thinking. There is always, always something happening here, as MMT skitters with determined focus between the melodic, the moody and (to great effect) the outside. Much ofRead More

What more perfect song to include in a benefit for the homeless than “Worried Down With The Blues”? You May Also Like: No related posts.

This is the album that big-voiced throwback singers like Amy Winehouse and Adele should have been making all along. As if to underscore the point, Monika Borzym even opens Girl Talk with a tune associated with Winehouse You May Also Like: Chuck Berry, June 1972: Shows I’ll Never Forget CharlieRead More

Taj Mahal, recording as part of the 30th annual John Lennon Tribute at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, finds the chest-bursting peril, the nakedly emotional plea, inside “Come Together” You May Also Like: Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ – Tajmo (2017)

The Black Forest, perhaps unsurprisingly, features a walk through twilit, spooky woodlands. Thankfully, however, Swedish prog-rockers Agents of Mercy manage to sidestep the typical genre nemesis like, say, a dragon. You May Also Like: Hal Galper, feat. John Scofield – ‘Ivory Forest Redux’ (1979; 2022 reissue) Why Black Sabbath’s TonyRead More

As the poignant, expressive piano voice behind both of Adele’s albums, Neil Cowley has a sound that seems immediately familiar. Yet he doesn’t simply rely on that famous association to push along Radio Silence. You May Also Like: No related posts.

Rory Gallagher could have been blues music’s long-lost savior, so vibrant, complex and original was his personality — both as a guitar player and (importantly) as a composer. Listen to BBC Sessions, which principally focuses on his work in the 1970s, and its easy to imagine Gallagher reanimating the musicRead More

Maybe you suspected, just from listening to his wildly inventive work with Queen, that there was little guitarist Brian May couldn’t do. I wasn’t so sure. You May Also Like: Desmond White, “Dream Girl” from Glace (2017): One Track Mind The ‘Sheer Heart Attack’ Song That Confirmed Queen’s Metallic GeniusRead More

Mofro’s humid grooves, chicken-fried rhythms and finger-licking riffs might lure you to the table, but it’s JJ Grey’s rib-sticking, story-building lyrics that fill you up. This concert CD adds crackling new life to both elements of their new-classic back-porch soul You May Also Like: No related posts.