John Mayall – The Sun Is Shining Down
Ahh, this one’s a little bittersweet. Early in 2022, John Mayall released his 36th studio album, “The Sun Is Shining Down.” He was 88 years old when he recorded this, and, as seems to...
Ramblings about My Records
Ahh, this one’s a little bittersweet. Early in 2022, John Mayall released his 36th studio album, “The Sun Is Shining Down.” He was 88 years old when he recorded this, and, as seems to...
When it time to clear this from my new acquisitions shelf, I realized that I hadn’t played it much, and thought that was at least in part because when I got it, my wife...
This is a brand new addition to my collection, just within the past few weeks – a gift from my record-store owning friend for some minor favors I did him. While I don’t have any...
Last time, when writing about Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets, I mentioned that Yep Roc Records was one of the only modern record labels I gave any credence to as a label. Well, Sundazed...
I live near Philly, and Philly has an amazing music scene, both local and touring – but because I live near yet not in Philly, I don’t get to shows as much as I...
Well, I’m surprised to find that somehow I haven’t yet written about Los Bitchos! I mentioned them in the last entry on Los Wembler’s de Iquitos and then found that I’ve never written them...
Did I end up buying a second copy of “Mojo Hand“? Yes, yes I did. Did I know that it was virtually identical to another recently acquired copy of “Mojo Hand” when I bought...
Light In The Attic is a label that I was really only familiar with because of their really excellent reissues of Betty Davis’s groundbreaking funk albums, which showed a real dedication to the music...
I guess one good Jenny Lewis deserves another, so here’s another – 2023’s “Joy’All.” I was uncharacteristically aware that this was coming out. Sometimes the algorithm gets it right. It may also have been...
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