Album Review: Bob Dylan – Rough And Rowdy Ways (Columbia)
At age 79, and with 38 studio albums behind him, Bob Dylan still manages to prove he is an artist unmatched with his new album, Rough And Rowdy Ways.
At age 79, and with 38 studio albums behind him, Bob Dylan still manages to prove he is an artist unmatched with his new album, Rough And Rowdy Ways.
Richard and Linda Thompson were a dream musical pairing. Extraordinary voice and extremely gifted guitarist. Folk music royalty. Sufi’s of London again. If they were to have a baby, he would sound like… Teddy Thompson.
Larkin Poe are sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell. They are from Georgia by birth, and reside in Nashville currently.
My first serious musical addiction was Doo-Wop around age seven. Only You and The Great Pretender by the Platters. Runaround Sue by Dion and the Belmonts. One of the very greatest, most soulful artists I have heard. Voice as natural and clear as Sinatra, with just that right amount of grit in the velvet.
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever formed in Melbourne in 2013. At the heart are three guitarist songwriters Fran Keaney, Tom Russo and Joe White. To complete the sound, they settled on Joe Russo bass, and Marcel Tussie drums. Three lads, sons of the Stone Roses and the Jesus and Mary Chain, were playing around, jamming in […]
I Am Not a Dog on a Chain is Morrissey’s 13th studio album since retiring the Smiths Air-Mobile. If you loved that band, you will not be disappointed.
According to Wikipedia, Lamentations is is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE and is one of the books of the Old Testament in the Christian bible. As the Jews lamented the destruction of Jerusalem, so does American Aquarium singer/songwriter BJ Barham lament the state of the US…the South in particular.
Moses Sumney’s debut album, Aromanticism, generated all sorts of excitement when released in 2017. Now comes the follow-up…a double album, with Part 1 released a few weeks ago and Part 2 coming in a couple more weeks. Seems like the perfect time to give it some attention.
Lucinda Williams checks in with her 14th studio album…12 songs full of anger, resentment and soul.
Well, if nothing else, this pandemic has brought us a few musical surprises. First we had two new songs from Bob Dylan, then one from The Rolling Stones. Now, from seemingly out of nowhere comes a new album from LA punk icons X.