Archive for November, 2011
Bonnie Raitt and John Lee Hooker: In the Mood
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blues music, Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Music Review: Sing Off: Songs of the Season
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged a cappella Christmas music, Christmas music, Sing Off! on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Just in time for the holiday season, Sing Off: Songs of the Season comes along, offering very contemporary a capella versions of Christmas songs. If you are not familiar with Sing Off , it is a hit series from NBC in which groups Songs of the Seasonfrom across the country compete in a capella competitions. [...]
Music Review: Bobby Messano – That’s Why I Don’t Sing the Blues
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blues music, blues-rock music, Bobby Messano on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bobby Messano’s name is not yet immediately recognizable to most people, but it should be. For years, he was a sought after studio musician and toured with many national acts, including Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood. His CD Live From Madison was nominated for a Grammy award. That’s Why I Don’t Sing the Blues, Messano’s [...]
Music Reviews: Spin Doctors – Pocket Full of Kryptonite (20th Anniversary Edition)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Pocket Full of Kryptonite, pop music, Spin Doctors on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The first surprising thing about the Spin Doctors’ Pocket Full of Kryptonite (20th Anniversary Edition) is that it still sounds so fresh and contemporary 20 years after its release in 1991. It took a year for Pocket Full of Kryptonite to go gold, but after that it just kept growing in popularity, earning triple-platinum status [...]
Music Review: Ricky Skaggs – A Skaggs Family Christmas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bluegrass Christmas music, Christmas music, country Christmas music, Ricky Skaggs on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was raised in rural South Carolina, and I love A Skaggs Family Christmas Volume 2 because it takes me right back home! Ricky Skaggs is a 17-time Grammy winner and he is married to the former Sharon White, who with her father Buck and sister Cheryl comprise The Whites, one of the most popular [...]
Music Review: Hank Williams – The Legend Begins: Rare and Unreleased Recordings [3-CD Set)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Americana, country music, Hank Williams, music on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
TimeLife has just released the 3-CD set, Hank Williams: The Legend Begins, and what a treasure it is! From the very first (and previously unreleased) recordings Hank made as a 15-year-old, to four other unreleased songs from two years later in 1940, when he was a “kid singer” on the radio, that are on the [...]
