Music
Jimmy Johnson, Every Road Ends Somewhere (Ruf)
When the road ends, you have to leave it. And it’s only natural that the cover of this, Johnson’s first CD since his comeback I’m A Jockey (1995), should feature […]
Troy Turner, Blues on My Back (Telarc)
When Baton Rouge-bred, Texas-schooled Troy Turner steps into his cover of Arthur Gunter’s “Baby, Let’s Play House,” track two of this CD, he drains all the implicit sex out of […]
Ben E. King, Shades of Blue (Half Note Records)
This was Ben’s idea. And it looks good on paper: Take the man whose golden throat graces such sweet soul classics as “Stand By Me” and “Spanish Harlem,” surround him […]
Grown Folks’ Business: WODT Triumphant After Two Years
For the hardcore music enthusiast, there’s sometimes nothing as strangely sad as the death of a format. And for a lot of blues lovers, AM has reluctantly gone the way […]
