Shy Boys – Bell House

Shy Boys – Bell House

Rock n Roll has a long and storied history of brothers, roommates and childhood friends meeting together in garages, front rooms and dank dirty basements, making music and changing the world. Kansas City Missouri’s Shy Boys can lay claim to sharing in at least part of...
Snail Mail – Lush

Snail Mail – Lush

At 18 years of age Lindsey Jordan is an unmitigated success. Throughout the past three years the emboldened newly crowned darling of the indie music scene has been busy blazing a trail of hard won triumph amassing an impressive list of enviable accomplishments along...
Elvis Costello & The Imposters – Look Now

Elvis Costello & The Imposters – Look Now

It’s been well over 35 years since Elvis Costello, then a 27-year-old angry young man born Declan Patrick MacManus, teamed up with Attractions Bruce Thomas (bass) Pete Thomas (drums) Steve Nieve (keyboards) and Beatles Sgt Pepper engineer Geoff Emerick to help realize...
John Legend – A Legendary Christmas

John Legend – A Legendary Christmas

In the midst of a music career now in its 20th year, soon to be 40-year-old American R&B singer John Legend (born John Roger Stephens on December 28, 1978), with a succession of #1 chart topping gold and platinum selling albums to his credit, has long since...
JD McPherson – Socks

JD McPherson – Socks

Socks is 41 year old Oklahoma native JD McPherson’s fourth album in eight years and first stab at Christmas since his December 2012 single Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights). A brisk 30 minute listen Socks is perhaps most impressive for the fact that McPherson, whose...
Eric Clapton – Happy Xmas

Eric Clapton – Happy Xmas

73-year-old British music legend Eric Clapton has managed the unthinkable with his 22nd studio album in a solo career now in its 48th year. The much loved guitar god has, unintentionally perhaps, gone and made the perfect Christmas album for those who hate Christmas...