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On The Record: Rain Perry’s ‘A White Album,’ Bobby Cole’s ‘A Point of View,’ Giulia Millanta’s ‘Woman on the Moon,’ & Ronnie Earl’s ‘Mercy Me’ Jeff Burger Columns April 8, 2022 0Rain Perry’s Latest Album Addresses Racism Social and political issues – especially racism – are the focus of singer/songwriter Rain Perry’s...
On The Record: Scott McCarl’s ‘Play On,’ plus Surrender Hill, Jose Ramirez, & the Waymores Jeff Burger Columns April 1, 2022 0Scott McCarl, Play On. Bassist and vocalist Scott McCarl is best known for his brief membership in the Raspberries, whose final power-pop album,...
On The Record: The Loud Family & Anton Barbeau, Son House, Bailey Bigger, & Bart Davenport Jeff Burger Columns March 25, 2022 0The Loud Family and Anton Barbeau, What If It Works?. In 2001, singer, songwriter, and guitarist Scott Miller was preparing to leave the music...
On The Record: Ian Noe & Duke Robillard, plus Genevieve Racette & Jefferson Ross Jeff Burger Columns March 18, 2022 0Ian Noe, River Fools & Mountain Saints. Listening for the first time to this release from Bowling Green, Kentucky–based folk...
On The Record: Elliott Murphy with Olivier Durand, plus the Troggs, Kate Klim, & Terry Klein Jeff Burger Columns March 4, 2022 0Elliott Murphy’s catalog of more than four dozen first-rate albums ranks among rock’s best-kept secrets. If you’re familiar with his...
On the Record: Charley Patton, Jesse Correll, Mike Zito, Amy Jay, the Pine Hearts, & Joan Osborne Jeff Burger Columns February 18, 2022 0Charley Patton, Volumes 1–3 (1929–1934). Despite his induction last year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Charley Patton still hasn’t garnered...
On The Record: Lucinda Williams and John Sebastian Plus Marshall Crenshaw, Wild Rivers, Michael Veitch, & Kate MacLeod Jeff Burger Columns February 11, 2022 0More Great Covers from Lucinda Williams In an earlier column, I wrote about the first four volumes of Lucinda Williams’s Lu’s Jukebox,...
On The Record: David Bowie’s ‘Brilliant Adventure’ Plus Elvis Costello’s ‘The Boy Named If’ Jeff Burger Columns January 21, 2022 0Shortly before cancer ended David Bowie’s life in 2016, his record company began issuing a series of box sets that...
On The Record: A 50th-Anniversary Edition of Frank Zappa’s ‘200 Motels’ plus Jeff Tweedy’s ‘Chelsea Walls’ soundtrack & Josh Caterer’s ‘Space Sessions’ Jeff Burger Columns January 7, 2022 0Lots of craziness went down in the arts in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but it’s hard to think...
On The Record: A Deluxe Edition of the Band’s ‘Cahoots,’ plus ABBA & Paul Kelly Jeff Burger Columns December 31, 2021 0Though many rock groups with successful first records experience a sophomore slump, the Band came roaring back from their outstanding...