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The Love Dogs – New Tricks
Loveable? I guess. Dogs? Maybe. They've got all the musical tricks new and old, and they're not jumping through hoops...
PRS Dragons – Jenna’s Eyes
The leader of PRS Dragons, as you might expect, is guitarmaker Paul Reed Smith. So it stands to reason the sounds here are...
Art Farmer/Jim Hall – Jazz Casual
Jim Hall's solo albums are consistently top-drawer - always eloquent and interesting, never samey or complacent. In fact, I'd be hard-pressed to name...
Summers, Delaney & Sharp – Tonight Only
One good thing to emerge from the recently deceased swing "renaissance" was the collective desire by many 20 and 30-something aficionados to find out...
Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver – Hard Game of Love
For the last six years, if you wanted to hear Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver do secular bluegrass, you had to attend a live concert,...
Psychedelic Breakfast – Deuce
Okay, I'm not sure how to approach this one... The band is a trippy mix of jazz, rock, folk, and everything in between....
Pat Metheny Group – Speaking of Now
Pat Metheny has played in a lot of contexts in recent years. Lots of duos, lots of work with jazzers of different ilks,...
Charlie Musselwhite – One Night In America
Anyone who's surprised at the stylistic diversity of the latest offering from Charlie Musselwhite hasn't been paying close attention to the blues icon's path....
Alessandro Working Dog amps
George Alessandro and his amps have been high-profile for some time, and both are highly regarded.
Over the years, George has repaired, modified, and tweaked...
Reverend Horton Heat – Revival
Sometimes its hard to tell whether the good Reverend Horton Heat is a musician, comedian, or conceptual artist. Revival attempts to define him in...