Paula Cole
If you were a member of a gay gym circa 1998, it’s unclear which one of two hits — seemingly played on a continuous...
Various Artists
Taking its name from revolutionary rebels in Nicaragua, Sandinista!, The Clash’s groundbreaking album from 1980, is “an exciting, sprawling mess,” according to writer Jimmy...
Guns ’N Roses
Chinese Democracy(Geffen Records)
By Justin Press
The era of the idealistic and insane rock star is dead, so music lovers who still cling to sincere,...
Bob Margolin
As with most blues, feel and sound matter more than lyrics. The words don’t always matter because the emotion in every real blues song...
Various Artists
Eventually almost overshadowed by her icon husband, June Carter Cash was still an American treasure.
Anchored In Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash...
The Fireman
Electric Arguments (Capitol/EMI Records)
By Justin Press
It's taken 46 years for Paul McCartney to finally enter a blue(s) period. His new side project, The...
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...
Watermelon Slim & the Workers
Watermelon Slim is an ex-reporter, ex-sanitation truck driver, ex-lots-of-jobs bluesman and Vietnam vet who quit the “real world” after a heart attack in 2002...
Telekinesis
Telekinesis' eponymous (plus exclamation point) debut album is a gem full of simple, straight-ahead tuneage and dumb-happy lyrics, channeling Rivers Cuomo's torn-windbreaker angst while...
Little Texas
In 1997, I attended Little Texas’ farewell concert at Billy Bob’s Texas and witnessed a good but not great performance by an overblown group...
