The formula might seem familiar: older artist strips down to his barest elements, his age injecting a new depth to each turn in his voice, and puts together an introspective, back- to-his-roots album. We re-appreciate the craftsman and toast his longevity. A comeback of sorts, we say. What makes the latest release from Tony Joe [...]
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Tony Joe White, That On the Road Look Live (Rhino Handmade Records)
September 1, 2010 – 12:58 am
Tony Joe White has made a career out of being laconic, and his matter-of-fact delivery lent a homespun truthfulness to race relations in “Willie and Laura Mae Jones,” a subtle wink to “Polk Salad Annie” and a mournful quality to “Rainy Night in Georgia.” When he dueted with Shelby Lynne on “Can’t Go Back Home,” [...]
On the Road Again
August 13, 2010 – 11:36 am
North Louisiana native Tony Joe White has made a career out of being laconic, and his matter-of-fact delivery lent a homespun truthfulness to race relations in “Willie and Laura Mae Jones,” a subtle wink to “Polk Salad Annie” and a mournful quality to “Rainy Night in Georgia.” When he dueted with Shelby Lynne on “Can’t [...]
Susan Tedeschi, Back to the River (Verve Forecast)
March 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Ever since her breakthrough debut, Just Won’t Burn, it was evident that Susan Tedeschi would become one of her generation’s preeminent blues artists. But it is on her sixth album, Back to the River, that she truly sets herself apart from her peers, sheds the fair-weather comparisons to Bonnie Raitt, and cements her place at [...]
Tony Joe White, Deep Cuts (Swamp)
June 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
Whether he is playing with a full band or as a duo with drummer Swamp Man Loose—Jeff Hale—Tony Joe White has been funky since his first album in 1969. On Deep Cuts, he revisits many of his classics, but with looped drums that don’t improve on the originals or make him sound more contemporary. If [...]
