Steve Earle & The Dukes: Jerry Jeff [Album Review]
Steve Earle & The DukesJerry JeffNew West Records [2022] Steve Earle remembers playing the Sand Mountain Coffee House in Houston, TX, when just starting out. … Read more
Tedeshi Trucks Band: I Am The Moon: III. The Fall [Album Review]
Tedeschi Trucks BandI Am The Moon: III. The FallFantasy / Concord Music [2022] The amazing enterprise that the Tedeschi Trucks Band undertook by dropping an … Read more
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Wheels Of Soul Tour 2022 [Concert Review]
Tedeschi Trucks Band w/ Los Lobos & Gabe Dixon: Rose Music Center; Dayton, OH; Sunday, July 24, 2022 Generally speaking, journalistic practice requires one to start … Read more
Jack White: Entering Heaven Alive [Album Review]
Jack WhiteEntering Heaven AliveThird Man Records [2022] When Jack White released the hard-hitting rock album Fear of the Dawn, back in April, he promised a … Read more
Caroline Spence: True North [Album Review]
Caroline SpenceTrue NorthRounder Records [2022] Virginia native, Caroline Spence did what any Americana singer/songwriter would do after winning the American Songwriter Lyric Contest and additional … Read more
Drive-By Truckers w/ Lydia Loveless 2022 Tour [Concert Review]
Drive-By Truckers w/ Lydia Loveless: Dayton Masonic Center; Dayton, OH; Saturday, July 23, 2022 As Drive-By Truckers suggest in a couple of their album titles, they … Read more
Adrian Belew: Elevator [Album Review]
Adrian BelewElevatorBliss Entertainment/Ingrooves Music Group [2022] Adrian Belew may have played an essential role in King Crimson’s 80’s revival, accompanying Robert Fripp into the 90’s … Read more
Interpol: The Other Side Of Make-Believe [Album Review]
InterpolThe Other Side Of Make-BelieveMatador Records [2022] On the easy-going final track of NYC-band Interpol’s 7th studio album, The Other Side of Make-Believe, vocalist Paul … Read more
Tedeschi Trucks Band: I Am The Moon: II. Ascension [Album Review]
Tedeschi Trucks BandI Am The Moon: II. AscensionFantasy/Concord Music [2022] As promised, a month after the initial EP from the “I Am The Moon” project, … Read more
Weezer: SZNZ – Summer [Album Review]
WeezerSZNZ: SummerCrush Music/Atlantic Records [2022] No doubt the biggest challenge when committing to produce a concept album around a predetermined narrative and artistic themes is … Read more
The Psychedelic Furs: Made Of Rain 2022 Tour w/ X [Concert Review]
The Psychedelic Furs w/ X: Made Of Rain 2022 Tour; Rose Music Center; Dayton, OH; Wednesday, July 6, 2022 As if special ordered for the day … Read more
Prince: Prince And The Revolution – Live
PrincePrince And The Revolution: LiveLegacy Recordings [2022] The word “genius” probably gets thrown around too loosely when referring to talented pop and rock artists. Even … Read more
Chagall Guevara: Halcyon Days [Album Review]
Chagall GuevaraHalcyon DaysSplint Entertainment [2022] No doubt every serious music listener has got a few pet bands that have been relegated to the world of … Read more
Shearwater: The Great Awakening [Album Review]
ShearwaterThe Great AwakeningPolyborus Music [2022] In the six years since that last Shearwater album, Jonathan Meiburg published a novel, formed a new band with members … Read more
Soccer Mommy: Sometimes, Forever [Album Review]
Soccer MommySometimes, ForeverLoma Vista Recordings [2022] On the 2020 release, Color Theory, Soccer Mommy explored emotions across the spectrum, but clearly her lyrics felt most … Read more
Bill Mallonee: Here It Opens With A Prayer, But It Closes With A Song [Album Review]
Bill MalloneeHere It Opens With A Prayer, But It Closes With A SongSelf-Released [2022] Bill Mallonee may not be a household name, but he’s been … Read more
Tedeshi Trucks Band: I Am The Moon – I. Crescent [Album Review]
Tedeshi Trucks BandI Am The Moon: I. CrescentFantasy/Concord Music [2022] When singer/songwriter Susan Tedeschi, already with six albums and a storied career to her credit, … Read more
The Dream Syndicate: Ultraviolet Battle Hymns And True Confessions [Album Review]
The Dream SyndicateUltraviolet Battle Hymns And True ConfessionsFire Records [2022] In many ways, Steve Wynn and his reconstituted band, The Dream Syndicate, have spent the … Read more
Andrew Bird: Inside Problems [Album Review]
Andrew BirdInside ProblemsLoma Vista Recordings [2022] In the follow-up to his fine, Headphone Approved 2019 release, My Finest Work Yet, Andrew Bird continues to deliver … Read more
John Doe: Fables In A Foreign Land [Album Review]
John DoeFables In A Foreign LandFat Possum Records [2022] Before “Folk music” was an established commercial genre and came to be associated as a specific … Read more
Sharon Van Etten: We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong [Album Review]
Sharon Van EttenWe’ve Been Going About This All WrongJagjaguwar [2022] There’s a lot going on in our world right now, and rocker Sharon Van Ettan, … Read more
Drive-By Truckers: Welcome 2 Club XIII [Album Review]
Drive-By TruckersWelcome 2 Club XIIIATO Records [2022] The opening chords of Drive-By Truckers’ fourteenth studio album carry the dense distorted grungy guitar sound of The … Read more
Slang: Cockroach In A Ghost Town [Album Review]
SlangCockroach In A Ghost TownKill Rock Stars [2022] Slang started out as a side project for drummer Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney) and singer/guitarist Drew Grow, in … Read more
Wilco: Cruel Country [Album Review]
WilcoCruel CountrydBpm Records [2022] The advance word on Wilco’s 12th studio album, Cruel Country, was that the long 21-song double-disc release would be a return … Read more
Craig Finn: A Legacy Of Rentals [Album Review]
Craig FinnA Legacy Of RentalsPositive Jams/Thirty Tigers [2022] By now, after eight albums with The Hold Steady and four solo studio albums, we’ve figured out … Read more