SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Doug MacLeod is a unique, powerful guitarist with a rich and soulful voice, singing original songs based on his own life and experiences. This is ‘Genuine Original Acoustic Music’ at its ...

For 35 years, this Rhode Island-based band has delivered a tasty gumbo of high-octane jump blues, moving through a series of personnel changes while spawning red-hot blues guitarists (Duke Robillard and Ronnie Earl) and staying ...

Jack White of the White Stripes (and the Raconteurs and Dead Weather) produced this showcase for rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson, a 73-year-old singer who once dated Elvis Presley. Jackson—best known for the rockabilly hits “Fujiyama ...

Joni Mitchell’s career has been filled with startling detours. From the dulcimer- strumming folkie of the Woodstock era, to the jazz-infused, smoky stylist of today, the gifted singer/songwriter has been a bold and restless musical ...

This two-CD, 21-track collection (plus a hidden track) gathers songs cast aside during the marathon recording sessions that spawned Darkness on the Edge of Town, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band’s epic 1978 album ...

The Stooges—vocalist Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton, bassist Dave Alexander, and drummer Scott Asheton—unleashed their feral proto-punk on the world in 1969 and it landed like a boot to the head. The rock world was ...

Basically a solo artist (Sam Beam) with a group name, Iron and Wine had a rustic sound on its first two full-length releases; sonically The Shepherd’s Dog broadened the palette, and now Kiss Each Other ...

The Walkmen use vintage equipment and evoke earlier musical styles, but have a unique sound, and Lisbon does a fine job of capturing it. Drummer Matt Barrick sticks to simple rhythms, but none of them ...

Not quite as stunning as the first volume of the Johnny Cash bootleg series (2006’s Personal File, 49 tracks of the Man in Black alone with his guitar and his memories), this second collection of ...

In his first solo record in more than 14 years, Gregg Allman offers a self-assured, spirited tribute to the many bluesmen who’ve influenced him over his career. Highlights include “Sleepy” John Estes’ ominous “Floating Bridge,” ...

We most recently heard from veteran Canada-by-way-of-St. Louis bluesman Jim Byrnes via a terrific performance on a Mississippi Sheiks tribute steered by his producer, Steve Dawson. On his new Everywhere West, with Dawson again behind ...

Having spent most of the 1950s with Atlantic Records, Ray Charles moved to ABC Paramount in 1960, triggering fame and success beyond any he had previously known. The following year, Atlantic compiled twelve tracks Charles ...

Often functioning on a shoestring budget and then eking out just enough surprise successes to stay afloat, Arhoolie is a small Bay Area record label that by the early 1960s cast a much larger shadow ...

It’s easy to pick on Neil Diamond, as evidenced by the high snark factor surrounding his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year. “Hmmm. Neil Diamond. Reeeeally. Instead of (insert ...

Singer, songwriter, banjo player, and storyteller Abigail Washburn bridges East and West on a collection of enigmatic songs that evoke wandering spirits and restless souls. This isn’t the first time that Washburn, who studied law ...