Category: Reviews

The Carnivaleros

Dreams Are Strange

RootaVega

The Tucson, Ariz.-based Carnivaleros have always possessed a knack for unusually interesting arrangements, often combining instruments not normally heard together.

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Jeff Plankenhorn

SoulSlide

Lounge Side

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Jeff Plankenhorn, aka Plank, plays “The Plank” — a self-designed, resonator-shaped, full-bodied electric guitar played lap-steel style while standing up.

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Jeff Healey

Heal My Soul

Provogue

This month marks the eighth anniversary of Jeff Healey’s death from cancer but also sees his first new blues-rock studio album in more than 15 years — released on what would have been his 50th birthday (March 25).

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Supersonic Blues Machine

West of Flushing, South of Frisco

Provogue

On the heels of Van Wilks’ outstanding new album comes another ass-kicking release of blues-rock.

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Dr. Dog

The Psychedelic Swamp

Anti-

Dr. Dog has pulled a hallucinogenic surf-country-rock-pop rabbit out of their hat with “The Psychedelic Swamp,” a hi-fi reimagining of the Philadelphia band’s 2001 low-fi debut.

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