Tag: features
Carolyn Sills Combo
Listening to the Carolyn Sills Combo, you might do a double-take: Is this newly fashioned country music, or a long-lost 1950s or ’60s band...
The Aristocrats
Featuring Guthrie Govan on guitar and Bryan Beller on bass plus über-drummer Marco Minnemann, this terrifying trio blows minds every other bar.
Like a modern-day...
Omar & the Howlers
Omar Dykes is back! In 2017, the Austin blues-rocker was stricken with a mysterious flesh-eating rash that rendered his massive arms puny. It was...
Susan Tedeschi
Fantasy Records is celebrating Susan Tedeschi by reissuing the album that introduced her to lovers of soulful music the world over.
The 25th anniversary edition...
Check This Action: The Salad Days of British Blues
What springs to mind when you hear the term “British blues movement”? Is it covers of Slim Harpo, Muddy Waters, and John Lee Hooker...
Lost Planet Airmen
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were true country-rock and Americana pioneers. Their unique, uncompromising brew of rockabilly, R&B, honky-tonk, Western swing, and...
Robben Ford
A live recording can be a snapshot in time or the accumulated powers of an artist’s lifelong passion. Robben Ford applies both with his...
Strymon Ultraviolet Vintage Vibe
Pioneered by Jimi Hendrix, the Uni-Vibe became synonymous with psychedelic rock sounds in the 1960s. Strymon’s modern interpretation is the Ultraviolet Vintage Vibe.
The Ultraviolet...
Supercool “800,” The Thneed, and ’77 Fuzz Blender
Supercool Pedals is a Canadian company that makes stompboxes that sound hip and look seriously groovy.
Among its offerings is the “800” Preamp/Distortion, which harkens...