Freakwater – Scheherazade (2016) review
Freakwater - Scheherazade (Bloodshot Records, 2016) Has it really been ten years since Freakwater floated down a record from on high [?], with the excitement of all this...
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Elephant Stone – ‘The Three Poisons’ (2014)
Has it crossed your mind that the current psych scene has gotten rather dark as of late, rather inwardly spiraling, nearly forgetting its brilliant lysergic genesis, where the...
Otis Taylor – Hey Joe Opus Red Meat (2015) review
Otis Taylor - Hey Joe Opus Red Meat (In-Akustik, 2015) Listen Like Dylan, Otis Taylor’s voice has never been overtly emotional, though it is gritty, and as low...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Charles Lloyd – The Water Is Wide (2000)
Charles Lloyd - The Water Is Wide (ECM, 2000) The soulful expression on The Water Is Wide, or should I be describing it as expressionism [?], lends itself...
Udo Lindenberg – Lindenberg (1971) review
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG4F_X1R0QI Perhaps being the first to achieve a successful German projection of rock, here Udo Lindenberg is on the cusp of greatness, though that greatness, and his...
Samba Touré – Albala (2013) review
Samba Touré - Albala (Glitterhouse Records, 2013) Listen: https://glitterbeat.bandcamp.com/album/albala Samba Toure’ is a shaman, a African desert visionary, dancing on the windblown sands like a ghost from the past, and...
Group 1850 – Agemo’s Trip to Mother Earth (1968) review
Group 1850 - Agemo's Trip to Mother Earth (Pseudonym Records reissue, 1968) Agemo’s Trip To Mother Earth never saw commercial success because there was nothing commercial, or perhaps...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: The James Taylor Quartet – Anthology of The James Taylor Quartet (2000)
The James Taylor Quartet - Anthology of The James Taylor Quartet (Deja Vu Records, 2000) What’s presented here by The James Taylor Quartet is nothing short of masterful....
Chatham Rise / Thelightshines – We Are the Sun (2015) review
Chatham Rise / Thelightshines - We Are the Sun (Picture In My Ear Records, 2015) Listen: http://pictureinmyearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-the-sun We Are The Sun is a split eight song album shared by...
Future Resistance Foundation – Future Resistance Foundation (2016) review
Future Resistance Foundation - Future Resistance Foundation (2016) Listen: http://futureresistence.bandcamp.com/ Future Resistance Foundation is a splinter group composed of the essence of Surf Guitar Villains, who lay out a...