Various Artists – Eccentric Northern Soul
Here in the US, we were deprived of the phenomenon known as Northern Soul. It wasn’t even a phrase I was familiar with until I started reading about Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” as being...
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The Robert Cray Band – In My Soul
I wrote a while back about the ubiquity of Robert Cray in the ’80s, and the thought that here was the bright young star who was going to bring the blues back to the...
The Courettes – Hold On, We’re Comin’
Okay, I love The Courettes, but I have to admit – I’m still not quite sure what I’m listening to here. The few promotions or reviews of this 2024 album don’t make it clearer....
The Courettes – Back In Mono
It was “Want You! Like A Cigarette” that first brought The Courettes to my attention earlier this year – and then “Hop The Twig,” and “Trash Can Honey,” and holy cats is this a...
The Courettes – We Are The Courettes
I don’t have much to say about this, being brand new to me just this March, except that this 2018 release is even more exciting than their debut. Every song is a rocking good...
The Courettes – Here Are The Courettes
I know I’m not unusual in occasionally getting obsessed with an artist I’ve discovered on YouTube – the algorithm pushes me something remarkable, I browse through nearly everything they have to offer, add them...
The James Cotton Blues Band – The James Cotton Blues Band
Don’t let the relative roughness of this record cover fool you – this thing is in pristine condition. Verve was one of those labels that, for whatever reason, had indestructible vinyl. Every Verve record...
Shemekia Copeland – Done Come Too Far
As much of a blues fan as I am, I don’t keep up a lot with the contemporary artists. I’m all over every single new old John Lee Hooker release, but when it comes...
The Clash – If Music Could Talk
(Still catching up on relatively recent acquisitions, still struggling with doing anything in alphabetical order) Delighting in this Father’s Day gift from my kid – a Record Store Day release from 2021 of a...
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