The Turbula Profile:

DECEMBER 2008:

Alicia Keys is a beautiful enigma
By Jamie Reno

DECEMBER 2007:

Leader of the band
A personal good-bye to Dan Fogelberg
By Jamie Reno

NOVEMBER 2007:

Viennese mambo
Austria's Zawinul helped redefine American jazz
By Michael J. Williams

APRIL 2007:

Ballad of the lonesome hound
Buddy Blue found happiness before leaving
By Jim Trageser

The Turbula Interview:

JULY 2006:

Trower switches gears, finds joy in the blues
By Jim Trageser

MAY 2006:

Still on the bayou
Buckwheat Zydeco carries a torch for Louisiana traditions
By Jim Trageser

APRIL 2006:

Redbone's love of old standards no mystery
By Jim Trageser

Pass views local gigs as mini-vacations
By Jim Trageser

David "Honeyboy" Edwards still giving the world something to think about
By Jim Trageser

Still Struttin'
Lee Rocker has never strayed from his signature style
By Jim Trageser

MARCH 2006:

An unusual path to the blues
Otis Taylor's music as unpredictable as his tortuous route
By Jim Trageser

Latest CD reviews

June 2009:

• Michelle Shocked — "Soul of My Soul"
• Tony Bennett and Bill Evans — "The Complete Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Recordings"
• Candye Kane — "SuperHero"
• The Farmers — "Fulmination"
• Blue Turtle Seduction — "13 Floors"
• Joe Lovano Us Five — "Folk Art"
• Kevyn Lettau & Peter Sprague — "What Is Enough?"
• David Fiuczynski — "KiF Express"
• Joey Harris & The Mentals — "Joey Harris & The Mentals"
• Bill Cardinal — "65 More Miles"
• Patrick Yandall — "A New Day"
• Omega Bugembe Okello — "Kiwomera Emmeeme"
• The Riders — "200 Miles From Everywhere ..."
• Sky Held Sun — "Sky Held Sun"
• Various artists — "Goldmine: The Songs of Buddy Blue"
• Schenker Barden Acoustic Project — "Gipsy Lady"

May 2009:

• Willie Nile — "House of a Thousand Guitars"
• Rob Thorsen — Lasting Impression
• Brigitte DeMeyer — "Red River Flower"
• Tornado Magnet — "Double Wide"
• Too Slim and the Taildraggers — "Free Your Mind"
• Michael McGraw — "The Hillside EP"
• Yayo — "The Demos"
• Various artists — "Soundtrack for Punk Rock High School"

April 2009:

• Wynton Marsalis — "He and She"
• Raul Malo — "Lucky One"
• J.J. Cale — "Roll On"
• Randy Weeks — "Going My Way"
• Point Blank Blues Band — "A Whiter Shade of Blue"
• Darryl Holter — "Darryl Holter"
• The Bad Plus — "For All I Care"
• Jim Suhler and Monkey Beat — "Tijuana Bible"
• Michael Wolff — "Joe's Strut"
• Mickey Clark — "Wandering Highways"
• The Woods Tea Co. — "The Passage"
• Chris Darrow — "Chris Darrow / Under My Own Disguise"

MARCH 2009:

• Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs — "Dirt Don't Hurt"
• New Guitar Summit — "Shivers"
• The Nighthawks — "American Landscape"

DECEMBER 2008:

• Sheryl Crow — "Home for Christmas"
• Los Lonely Boys — "Christmas Spirit"
• Spyro Gyra — "A Night Before Christmas"
• Enya — "And Winter Came"
• Johnny Cash — "The Johnny Cash Christmas Special: 1978" (DVD)
• Johnny Cash — "The Johnny Cash Christmas Special: 1979" (DVD)
• The Brian Setzer Orchestra — "The Ultimate Christmas Collection"
• The Boxmasters — "Christmas Cheer"
• Ledisi — "It's Christmas"
• Various artists — "Little Steven's Underground Garage Presents Christmas a Go Go"
• Collin Raye — "A Family Christmas"
• Various artists — "Putumayo Presents A Jazz and Blues Christmas"
• Roy Orbison — "The Soul of Rock and Roll"
• Eddie Floyd — "Eddie Loves You"
• Hunter S. Thompson and various guests — "The Gonzo Tapes: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson"
• Tom Russell — "Veteran's Day: The Tom Russell Anthology"
• Amos Garrett — "Get Way Back"
• Various artists and public figures — "One Hundred Greatest"
• Duke Robillard — "A Swingin' Session with Duke Robillard"
• The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Revue — "Command Performance"
• Rob Roy Parnell — "Let's Start Something"
• Various artists — "Soul Men: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"
• Jimmy Thackery And The Drivers — "Inside Tracks"
• Bebo Valdés and Javier Colina — "Live at the Village Vanguard"
• Bradley Leighton — "Soul Collective"
• Mad Juana — "Bruja on the Corner"

OCTOBER 2008:

• The Pretenders — "Break Up the Concrete"
• Taj Mahal — "Maestro"
• Redd Volkaert — "Reddhead"
• Creedence Clearwater Revival — "Fortieth Anniversary Reissues"
• Less Than Jake — "GNV FLA"
• Rory Block — "Blues Walkin' Like a Man: A Tribute to Son House"
• Hal Ketchum — "Father Time"

SEPTEMBER 2008:

• Edgar Winter — "Rebel Road"
• Batdorf & Rodney — "Still Burnin'"
• Greg Laswell — "Three Flights From Alto Nido"
• Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis — "Two Men With the Blues"
• The Hacienda Brothers — "Arizona Motel"
• Los Lonely Boys — "Forgiven"
• Wayman Tisdale — "Rebound"
• Janiva Magness — "What Love Will Do"

AUGUST 2008:

• Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere — "Nudge It Up a Notch"

JULY 2008:

• Amos Lee — "Last Days at the Lodge"
• Walter Trout — "The Outsider"

JUNE 2008:

• Sonny Landreth — "From the Reach"
• Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands — "Live"
• Eve Selis — "Angels and Eagles"

MAY 2008:

• The Nortec Collective — "Bostich + Fussible: Tijuana Sound Machine"
• Hiromi's Sonicbloom — "Beyond Standard"
• Joel Rafael — "Thirteen Stories High"
• Jesse Cook — "Frontiers"
• Peter Sprague — "Plays Solo"
• Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King — "Blood Brothers"
• Stanton Moore Trio — "Emphasis (on Parenthesis)"
• Robert Walter — "Cure All"
• The Panderers — "Hotshot's Boy"
• Eric Hutchinson — "Sounds Like This"
• Michael Burks — "Iron Man"

Capos & Consonants
Jamie Reno's observations on the music world

• Keith Urban's golden road
• Just for The Thrills of it