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Friday, November 20, 2009

AMY SPEACE

By Kevin R. Convey
Lucinda Williams’ artistic decline creates opportunities for acolytes such as Speace, who cultivates a similar patch...
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DARRELL NULISCH

By Nate Dow
It’s clear from his fifth and best release on Severn that the Texas transplant has found something good for his soul in the waters of Gloucester. With...

SARA TAVARES

By Kevin R. Convey
Given the mix of traditions (Portuguese, African, Cuban, Brazilian) that make up Cape Verdean music, and the size of the expat market in the United States,...

RAKIM

By Martin Caballero
Long-awaited albums rarely live up to the hype (“Chinese Democracy,” anyone?). Legendary MC Rakim’s return after a decade’s absence...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

LEONA LEWIS

By Lauren Carter
Radio superhits, an “X Factor” crown and love from Simon Cowell don’t change the fact that Lewis’ voice is a powerful, distinctive instrument...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

JUSTIN BIEBER

Justin Bieber’s ‘My World’
By Lauren Carter
The sun never stops shining in Bieber’s “World.” The 15-year-old Canadian sensation has the soulful...
Monday, November 16, 2009

JOHN MAYER

By Jed Gottlieb
Pop music fans don’t care about guitar anymore. If it was ’77, Mayer could make a record like Eric Clapton’s...
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Saturday, November 14, 2009

50 CENT

50 Cent ‘Before I Self Destruct’ (Shady/ Interscope)
By Lauren Carter
With the sting of his record sales defeat to Kanye West still fresh, Fiddy has filled...
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Friday, November 13, 2009

NORAH JONES

Norah Jones ‘The Fall’ (Blue Note)
By Jed Gottlieb
Norah, you pretty pixie, you’ve done it again: You’ve confused a nation of soccer moms. Like her last album,...

JEN MURDZA

By Nate Dow
Murdza recorded the bulk of this record in Brookline before relocating to Los Angeles, so Bostonians can celebrate its precious core and attribute the distracting...

MANASSAS

By Kevin R. Convey
Originally formed in 1971 to back Stephen Stills on his third solo album, Manassas quickly proved to be one of the most potent and versatile roots-rock outfits...

LOU BARLOW

By Ryan Foley
Reunion junkets with Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh in the books, Barlow has ditched his chums to return to a cherished pastime: indulging in self-pity. Like its...

BIG KENNY

By Bill Brotherton
As the wacky half of rowdy country genre-benders Big & Rich, “Big Kenny” Alphin has always giddily tossed...

GOV’T MULE

By Kevin R. Convey
On too many albums Gov’t Mule locked into a sludgy/jammy approach that was sometimes viscerally thrilling but more often lumbering and predictable. Maybe...

MIKE DOUGHTY

By Jed Gottlieb
Many fans of the ex-Soul Coughing frontman hated his last solo record, “Golden Delicious,” an album of great-if-buffed-spotless songs. Doughty got...

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