Rory Block – Prove It On Me Label: Stony Plain Records Prove It On Me , an album full of breathtaking musicianship and haunting beauty, is the latest from the six-time Blues Music Award-winner Rory Block. The second installment in her “Power Women of the Blues” series (dedicated to exploring the music of some of her … Continue reading
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New Music: Gordon Lightfoot — ‘Solo’
Gordon Lightfoot — SoloLabel: Rhino Records Solo is Gordon Lightfoot’s first studio album since 2004. It is a spare songwriting tour de force and more than welcome during these introspective, pared down times. Most of these songs were written and first recorded not long before Gordon Lightfoot suffered a debilitating aneurysm in 2002. Rediscovering them … Continue reading
European Radio Stations Play “You’ll Never Walk Alone” At Same Time In Show Of Solidarity
Radio stations across Europe including the BBC have joined forces to simultaneously play Gerry & The Pacemakers’ ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ in a show of solidarity against coronavirus. The stirring 1963 song was played at 7:45am GMT this morning on BBC Radio 1’s weekend breakfast show with Matt Edmondson and Mollie King, Zoe Ball’s Radio … Continue reading
2020 Entry List Released for US Clay Court Championship in Houston
HOUSTON – Three players who have won four titles so far in 2020 as well as a trio of past champions are among those on the initial entry list for the 2020 Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. These 19 competitors will be part of the 28-player field at the ATP 250 … Continue reading
A ‘West Side Story’ For Our Time on Broadway
West Side Story is back on Broadway with a radical, new production that will divide audiences. That’s a refreshing thing, since West Side Story could all too easily be seen as irrelevant, given productions like the last Broadway revival (directed by Arthur Laurents in 2009). That staging took place in the usual two acts and … Continue reading
New Blues: Forrest McDonald Band — ‘Blues in a Bucket’
New Blues: Forrest McDonald Band — Blues in a Bucket Label: World Talent Records My neighbors love this album as much as I. How could they not? After all, I’ve played it at full volume all day and received a text from them, asking what the name of the kick-ass band was that they were … Continue reading
Authentic New Country: Randall King’s “She Gone”
One of country’s new crop of modern traditionalists, Warner Music Nashville artist Randall King has never lived outside the endless plains of West Texas – and his sound is steeped in their timeless beauty, both gritty and graceful at the same time. He grew up singing in the back of a ‘93 Chevy Suburban, joyfully … Continue reading
