TWO OF A KIND We’re All In This Together Magillacutty www.twoofakind.com Vibrant, hook-laden arrangements featuring members of the Fractals, Huffamoose and Acoustic Blender, Dave Posmontier (keyboards), Stan Slotter (trumpet. flute), and Paul Butler (clarinet), … Continue reading →
Anne Hills Tracks Hand and Heart Music www.annehills.com Singer-songwriter-folksinger Anne Hills played a pivotal role in Chicago’s folk music scene of the late-1970s and ’80s. Moving to the Windy City in 1976, she recorded … Continue reading →
Jimi: All Is By My Side a film by John Ridley Darko Entertainment www.darko.com/film_allisbymyside.html Written and directed by John Ridley (fresh from winning an Oscar for penning 12 Years A Slave), Jimi: All is … Continue reading →
Ani DiFranco Allergic To Water Righteous Babe www.righteousbabe.com Carpel Tunnel Syndrome may have forced her to tamper her power-cord guitar assault, but poetic depth and sharp-edged literacy remain as potent as ever on Ani … Continue reading →
Rhythm & Roots August 29-31, Ninigret Park, Charlestown, RI www.rhythmandroots.com So many performers at the 17th annual Rhythm and Roots Festival proclaimed it among the best festivals that they had played that one began … Continue reading →
Pamela Davis Return to Tranzotica Sound Fields www.cdbaby.com/cd/pameladavis6 After four solo singer-songwriter albums, Brian Wilson/Beatles-influenced Pamela Davis had a surprise hit when she switched to atmospheric instrumentals for her fifth outing, Welcome to Tranzotica, … Continue reading →
Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown Goin’ To The Delta Ruf Records www.rufrecords.de Like a fine wine, Wales-born Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown have matured gracefully. Nearly a half decade since their hard-rocking approach to … Continue reading →
Renaissance Symphony of Light Red River www.renaissancetouring.com Perhaps England’s most symphonic-minded prog-rock band, Renaissance was one of the bands emerging out of the ashes of The Yardbirds in 1969. While Jimmy Page continued to … Continue reading →
The Slambovian Circus of Dreams A Box of Everything Red River www.red-river-records.com With influences including Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Frank Zappa, Todd Rundgren, and the marching bands in Philadelphia’s Mummer … Continue reading →
Margaret Wise Brown Goodnight Songs Sterling Children’s BooksISBN: 1-4549-0446-1, 28 color pages w/ CD,10″x10″ hbk, $17.95 (U.S.) / $19.95 (Can.) www.sterlingpublishing.com To say that Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952) was one of the most prolific authors of … Continue reading →
