Raul Malo
Lucky One (Concord Music Group)
By Tom Geddie
Raul Malo, mostly known as lead singer of the Grammy-winning country band The Mavericks, has a pleading, dramatic...
John Zaskoda
John Zaskoda is a staunch believer in grassroots music. The former lead guitarist for local singer-songwriter Scott Copeland and local band The Merchants opened...
Earl Musick
Earl Musick’s fourth album, Duck & Cover, is made possible by the convergence of local talent with modern technology available to almost anyone with...
Ray LaMontagne
Ray LaMontagne was a critic’s favorite two years ago upon the release of his debut album, Trouble, a largely acoustic, bucolic paean to desperation...
PrinceRodriguez
Songs from the Sod, the second album from Fort Worth’s PrinceRodriguez, is a mostly enjoyable country-blues-rock romp with a bit of gypsy outlaw in...
Spoon
Britt Daniel has a broken heart. His band Spoon’s lengthy catalog of masterfully crafted pop-rock songs are proof that the man at the helm...
Madeleine Peyroux
In 2004, eight years after her debut, Madeleine Peyroux released her second album, Careless Love, and finally earned the recognition she deserved. While the...
Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse
Surprise: Band name and title notwithstanding, Cries from tha Ghetto isn't a hip-hop album. Rather, it's the second album from a 30-year-old trumpeter who...
Died Pretty
Free Dirt(Aztec Records)
By Ken Shimamoto
Australian record labels have long been ahead of the curve in terms of providing bonus materials to soften the sting...
Bill Kirchen
A c.d. with the title Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods, by a guitar player as hot for so many years as Bill Kirchen seems...
