Rant ‘N’ Roll

The First Great Blues CD of 2018   Singer/songwriter/harmonicat Curtis Salgado, and guitarist/composer/producer Alan Hager, both from Oregon, do not...

Dancing at the Hall     Jerry Granelli’s Dance Hall on Justin Time Records is a keeper. The 76-year-old drummer —...

Zee Blues     It’s all in his voice:  that bubbling, gurgling phlegm-fest. Howling Wolf ain’t got nothin’ on this guy....

Top 20 Jazz CDs DeJohnette, Grenadier, Medeski & Scofield, Hudson Charles Lloyd, Passin’ Thru Bill Frisell/Thomas Morgan, Small Town Thelonious...

Texas Blues After eight years of filling the coveted lead guitar chair for John Mayall & His Bluebreakers and Black...

Outspoken Italian Pianist/Composer Simona Premazzi is Outspoken on her self-released quartet CD with tenor/soprano saxophonist Dayna Stephens, bassist Joe Martin...