Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson’s career spanned nearly six decades, from the late 1940s until his death last year, during which he had star turns as a...
Luke McGlathery
Luke McGlathery has been a musical pillar around Fort Worth for the past few years. Whether it’s with his former bluegrass outfit Big City...
Gunslingers
No More Invention(World In Sound)
By Ken Shimamoto
When this debut disc by a trio from the unlikely birthplace of San Pedro, France, arrived in a...
Johnny Dowd
One of 2006’s most intriguing discs so far is Johnny Dowd’s Cruel Words, a combination of poetic lyrics and funky rhythms, with synths, organ,...
Andy Friedman
Singer-songwriter Andy Friedman complains on the first track off his new album, Weary Things, that he misses being broken, lowdown, and alone. By the...
Breaking Light
Breaking Light is yet another performing alias of Burleson-based guitarist Kavin Allenson (who usually goes by "Kavin." with the period). Aside from performing solo...
James Hunter
When sung by white folks, old-school soul and R&B is often called “blue-eyed soul,” especially in reference to a pasty Englishman like James Hunter...
Seabrook Power Plant
The words "banjo" and "avant-garde" aren't exactly strangers. You need think only of Eugene Chadbourne and Mark Growden's uses of the rustic instrument in...
Anne Feeney
One of the reasons we learn history, teachers tell us, is so that we're not condemned to repeat it.
The songs on Anne Feeney's new...
Incubus
A couple of years ago, after more than a decade of mainstream success, radio-prog giants Incubus found themselves on the verge of industry-caused destruction.
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