Blue Note
Chris Wood (bassist for avant-garde jazz trio Medeski, Martin & Wood) reunites with brother Oliver (singer/songwriter/guitarist for horn-driven blues-funk outfit King Johnson) after 10 years for a toe-tapping collection of acoustic, soulful, sometimes-funky blues-folk.
Vagabond
Two words: acoustic blues, mostly guitar and harmonica, the former provided by baritone singer/songwriter Sprawl — who didn’t name his record label Vagabond for nothing, having experienced the nomadic lifestyle to the point of living out of his van for a couple of years.
Abe’s Records
Hawthorn has been doing session work in Los Angeles for more than a decade. The former Philadelphian graduated from the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, and teaches at the National Guitar Workshop. He’s also a member of Lapdog, the new band for guitar player Todd Nichols (Toad the Wet Sprocket).
Hungry for Music
The sheer size of this tribute speaks volumes (three, to be exact) about the peer recognition troubadour Case has.
Verve Forecast
Blues rocker Tedeschi opted to go a different route for her fourth album: a collection of soulful covers.
