Brian Blade – ‘Mama Rosa’ (2009)
‘Mama Rosa,’ named after Brian Blade’s grandmother, is a thematic album built around family, faith and early life events, as well as people he’s come to love along the way.
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Dr. Lonnie Smith, “People Make the World Go Round” (2009): One Track Mind
Dr. Lonnie Smith enjoyed a Joe Henderson-styled late-career resurgence during the ’00s, capped by ‘Rise Up!’
XTC, ‘Playground’ from ‘Wasp Star [Apple Venus, Pt.2]’ (2000): One Track Mind
XTC was a band that gave pop music a good name. Since their bare, new wave/punk beginnings, melody always mattered.
The Sweet, “Love Is Like Oxygen” (1978): One Track Mind
The Sweet brings back memories of a time when a pop song could be ambitious, melodic – and still be popular.
On Umphrey’s McGee’s Masterful Marketing of ‘Mantis’
‘Mantis’ will be the first Umphrey’s McGee album of all-new material, never before performed live.
The Fireman, “Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight” (2008): One Track Mind
“Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight,” from Paul McCartney’s collaborations as the Fireman, screams – literally – for attention.
Half Notes: Lucia Pulido – Waning Moon (2008)
by S. Victor Aaron Vocalist Lucia Pulido is perhaps not well known in America, but she when it comes to the traditional music of her native Columbia, she’s a real keeper of the flame. Her new CD, the third of hers as a leader, uses both originals and traditional songsRead More
Half Notes: James Taylor – Covers (2008)
by S. Victor Aaron James Taylor went through most of his career without putting together records that have a strong, overall theme to them. That’s changed of late: in 2006 there was a Christmas album and last year it was a live album with little accompaniment. This time out, it’sRead More
Gary Moore – Bad For You Baby (2008)
by S. Victor Aaron Moore never goes too long between studio releases; just last year we were here chatting up his then-new Close As You Get and now the Irish heavy blues-rocker is already back with another mixture of originals and classics, called Bad For You Baby. When Moore isRead More
Elvin Bishop – ‘The Blues Rolls On’ (2008)
‘The Blues Rolls On’ shows Elvin Bishop is as lively and loose as ever – and that’s enough to make it a good add to anyone’s collection.
