Issue Articles
Nancy Sinatra talks back
She grew up as pop royalty, embodied mid-’60s glamour, romanced Elvis onscreen, and made the history books with “These Boots are Made for Walking.” All things considered, Nancy Sinatra’s career […]
Mike Zito, Resurrection (Gulf Coast)
Resurrection is blues-rocker Mike Zito ’s third album in a year and a half, and they’ve all been the same—but different. His tribute to Chuck Berry recorded in 2019 was […]
Beth Patterson, Singles (Stone Groove)
Rush fan that she is, Beth Patterson couldn’t resist making the cover of her singles collection a sendup/homage to the prog trio’s pivotal album Signals. Like her Canadian brethren, she […]
David Shaw Talks Back
A quiet year for David Shaw, front man for the Revivalists, would probably be a noisy one for most anyone else. The Revivalists haven’t been completely inactive during the pandemic. […]
Maria Muldaur and Tuba Skinny, Let’s Get Happy Together (Stony Plain)
Digging into the tradition, playing vintage material for young hipsters, making musicology fun—Maria Muldaur started doing that in the Boston coffeehouses five decades ago, and Tuba Skinny is doing it […]
Max and the Martians, All the Same (Perpetual Doom)
This is the second release that Tuba Skinny member Max Bien-Kahn has done in the past six months under the Max and the Martians banner, and they couldn’t be more […]
Esther Rose, How Many Times (Father/Daughter Records)
Former New Orleans resident Esther Rose is probably best known as Jack White’s duet partner on his last album Boarding House Reach. When she joined White onstage at Jazz Fest […]
Merry Clayton, Beautiful Scars (Motown Gospel)
When Merry Clayton last played in her hometown of New Orleans, she did a triumphant June 2013 appearance at the Joy Theater during the local premiere of the documentary 20 […]
Jamaican Me Breakfast Club featuring Susan Cowsill, “Close to You” (single), Soundcloud
(Soundcloud) The Club gets proudly romantic with considerable help from guest singer Susan Cowsill. You already know the song, one of Bacharach/David’s loveliest and the one that started the Carpenters’ […]
Mike Dillon, Shoot the Moon, Suitcase Man, 1918 (three albums) (Royal Potato Family)
The pandemic affects people in different ways, causing some to turn inward and relive their personal history; others to get politically engaged or just plain angry. And sometimes it prompts […]
