Jazz Week
Russian-born Dallasite Manya Repnikova writes songs that manage to capture the electricity of moments like those just before a Texas-sized thunderstorm unleashes its payload.
The...
Kelly
If you want to listen to middle-of-the-road music with nice production values that seldom really takes you anywhere, it’s OK to stop by the...
Kaz Murphy
Kaz Murphy must have picked up some of his storytelling ability from his days as accompanist/drummer for legendary Beat poet Allen Ginsburg.
Murphy’s songs, often...
Bobby Bare
The songs on this remastered and augmented version of Bobby Bare’s 1973 album Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies exist in a world...
Elvis White
On Promise, a seductive reggae album with strong hip-hop elements, Elvis White urges listeners to think positively — and then urges himself to seduce...
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan’s buzzing drone of a voice is a little deeper today but remains oddly effective.
His songs are still what count. Many people...
The Killers
In no universe do mohawks and waistcoats go together. But The Killers continue to churn out throbbing, synth-laden floor-filler that's equal parts Roxy Music...
Gretchen Peters
Burnt Toast & Offerings is a thematically pure collection of a dozen songs about yearning and waiting from Gretchen Peters, an accomplished songwriter who’s...
Robert Gomez
Current popular music usually veers into either the lighthearted lane or the intense, leaving little room for artists who both rock and groove. Enter:...
Andy Friedman
Weary Things(City Salvage Records)
By Tom Geddie
Singer-songwriter Andy Friedman complains on the first track off his new album, Weary Things, that he misses being broken,...
