Various Artists – ‘Parallelogram’ (2015)
While most albums or compilations depend on, and draw from their artists similarities, 'Parallelogram' makes more use, and gets more milage out of the tension and juxtaposition these...
Jenell Kesler
Sir Robin & The Longbowmen – Sir Robin & the Longbowmen (2016) review
Sir Robin & The Longbowmen - Sir Robin & the Longbowmen (2016) Listen: https://sirrobinandthelongbowmen.bandcamp.com/ Drenched with the vibe of lysergic infused fuzzed out and haunting surf guitars that...
Mudcrutch – 2 (2016) review
Mudcrutch - 2 (Reprise, 2016) Opening the new Mudcrutch album is the vintage song “Trailer,” which like the rest of the album goes down easy, and is a...
The Long Ryders – Final Wild Songs (2016) review
The Long Ryders - Final Wild Songs (Cherry Red Records, 2016) If you’ve missed The Long Ryders on your alternative country rock journey, Final Wild Songs will be...
Eric Clapton – I Still Do (2016) review
Eric Clapton - I Still Do (Bushbranch Records, 2016) The phrase “Clapton is God ” originated during Eric Clapton's tenure with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. Eric was a member...
Bob Dylan – Fallen Angels (2016) review
Bob Dylan - Fallen Angels (Columbia, 2016) With none of the arrangements on Fallen Angels being true to the originals, it would be easy to say that this...
Various Artists – Day of the Dead (2016) review
Various Artists - Day of the Dead (4AD Records, 2016) These epic compilations, and usually for a good cause, have always managed to stumble me, often leaving me...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Et Cetera – Knirsch (1972)
On the album Knirsch [which means ‘crunch’ in German, and explains the album’s cover] Wolfgang Dauner sets out to complete some unfinished business, ideas that he’d been unable...
The Asteroid #4 – ‘An Amazing Dream’ (2006)
Nearly everyone wants to consider Asteroid #4 as part of the beautiful psychedelic haze of the '60s, locking them into being a backward looking band. Please, allow me...
Volta Sound – Gypsy Friends of the Sun (2013) review
Volta Sound - Gypsy Friends of the Sun (Picture in My Ear, 2013) Listen: https://pictureinmyearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gypsy-friends-of-the-sun What The Volta Sound do, is like nothing anyone else does ... and that’s...