The Turbula Profile:

FEBRUARY 2010:

'I was always saved by the music'
Remembering Kenny Rankin
By Jamie Reno

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

Master list of all CD reviews

Latest CD reviews

February 2011:

• Geoffrey Keezer / Peter Sprague Band — "Mill Creek Road"

November 2010:

• J.D. Souther — "Rain – Live At The Belcourt Theatre"
• Charlie Musselwhite — "The Well"
• Catherine Russell — "Inside This Heart of Mine"
• Michael Tiernan — "L.A. Can Wait"
• Suzi Ragsdale — "Best Regards / Less of the Same"

October 2010:

• Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith — "Joined At the Hip"
• Popa Chubby — "The Fight Is On"
• Toulouse Engelhardt — "Perpendicular Worlds"
• Janiva Magness — "The Devil is An Angel Too"
• Anders Osborne — "American Patchwork"
• Buckwheat Zydeco — "Bayou Boogie"
• Maria Muldaur — "Barnyard Dance: Jug Band Music for Kids"
• Caspar Babypants — "This Is Fun"

September 2010:

• The Riders — "Crown City Sessions"
• Mindi Abair — "In Hi-Fi Stereo"
• J.J. Grey & Mofro — "Georgia Warhorse"
• Harper — "Stand Together"
• Cas Haley — "Connection"
• Twin Shadow — "Forget"
• Peter Sprague — "Calling Me Home"

August 2010:

• Louisa West / Jimmy Patton & Friends — "Sambarina"

July 2010:

• The Fab Rudies — "Help Me"

May 2010:

• Merle Haggard — "I Am What I Am"
• The Nighthawks — "Last Train to Bluesville"
• Delta Spirit — "History from Below"
• Gunnar Biggs/Bill Bradbury — "MandoBasso"
• Brenda Xu — "A Little Illusion"
• Steph Johnson — "Mysterious Feminine"

April 2010:

• Alyssa Jacey — "Here's to Change"
• Arlo Guthrie — "Tales of '69"
• Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family — "Go Waggaloo"
• Eric Bibb — "Booker's Guitar"
• Old Man Luedecke — "My Hands Are On Fire and Other Love Songs"

March 2010:

• Peter Karp and Sue Foley — "He Said She Said"
• Dani Wilde — "Heal My Blues"
• Astra Kelly — "Battling the Sun EP"
• Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers — "Miss Smith to You!"
• Al Basile — "Soul Blue 7"
• Madison Violet — "No Fool for Trying"
• The Plimsouls — "Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal: October 31, 1981 Whisky A Go Go"
• Houston Jones — "Jericho Road"
• Dave Keyes — "Roots in the Blues"
• Maren Parusel — "Dear Love / Days in Universe" single

February 2010:

• Various artists — "Putumayo Presents Rhythm & Blues"
• Corey Harris — "blu.black"
• Pamela Rose — "Wild Women of Song"
• Charlie Robison — "Beautiful Day"
• Five Times August — "Life As a Song"

December 2009:

• The Winters — "Tidings of Comfort and Joy"
• Various artists — "The Sounds of Lamb's Players Festival of Christmas: Best of 2007-2009"
• Medeski Martin and Wood — "Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set"
• Various artists — "Jazz Icons: Series 4 Box Set" (DVD)
• Frank Sinatra and friends — "Christmas With Sinatra and Friends"
• Keith Jarrett — "Paris/London - Testament"
• Mannheim Streamroller — "Mannheim Steamroller Christmas 25th Anniversary Collection"
• Jeff Cook — "Jeff Cook Presents Christmas Joy"
• The Hot Club of San Francisco — "Hot Club Cool Yule"
• Various artists — "Songs to Celebrate 25 Days of Christmas"
• Joe Louis Walker — "Between a Rock and the Blues"
• Darrell Nulisch — "Just For You"
• Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey — "Here and Now"
• Johnnie Bassett — "The Gentleman Is Back"
• Mike Stern — "Big Neighborhood"
• Otis Taylor — "Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs"
• Kermit Lynch — "Man's Temptation"
• Jim Byrnes — "My Walking Stick"

November 2009:

• The Peter Sprague String Consort — "The Wild Blue"
• Modern Rifles — "I Was Young, It Was Dark"
• Drive By Jones — "Drive By Jones" (EP)
• Scott Miller & The Commonwealth — "For Crying Out Loud"
• Jesse Winchester — "Love Filling Station"
• David Serby — "Honkeytonk and Vine"
• The Mojo Gurus — "Let's Get Lit"
• The Suicide Kings — "The Suicide Kings"
• Leon Ware — "Moon Ride"
• Jack Bruce & Robin Trower — "Seven Moons Live"
• Po' Girl — "Live"
• Various artists — "Forty One Sixty: The Songs of The Shambles"
• Maria Muldaur — "Maria Muldaur and her Garden of Joy"
• Sara Petite — "Doghouse Rose"
• Switchfoot — "Hello Hurricane"

October 2009:

• Albert and Gage — "Dakota Lullaby"
• The Low Anthem — "Oh My God, Charlie Darwin"
• Mike Morgan and the Crawl — "Stronger Every Day"
• Laurie Morvan Band — "Fire It Up!"
• Jason Boland and the Stragglers — "Comal County Blue"
• Wax Tailor — "In the Mood for Life"
• Bviolin — "Stretch Reach"
• The Gears — "Rockin' at Ground Zero"
• Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs — "Under the Covers, Vol. 2"
• Steve Guyger — "Radio Blues"

September 2009:

• Willie Nelson — "American Classic"
• Joanne Shaw Taylor — "White Sugar"
• Robert Earl Keen — "The Rose Hotel"
• Guy Mendilow Band — "Skyland"
• Mark Stuart and the Bastard Sons — "Bend in the Road"
• Charles Wilson — "Troubled Child"
• Black Crowes — "Before The Frost ... Until The Freeze"
• Jeff Healey — "Songs from the Road"
• Colin Linden — "From the Water"
• Bill Noonan — "The Man That I Can't Be"

August 2009:

• Walter Trout — "Unspoiled by Progress"
• Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey — "One Day In Brooklyn"
• Los Amigos Invisibles — "Commercial"
• Berkley Hart — "Las Vegas"
• Josh Damigo — "Raw"
• Rick Estrin and the Nightcats — "Twisted"
• Big Bill Morganfield — "Born Lover"
• Omar Kent Dykes — "Big Town Playboy"
• Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters — "Living in the Light"
• The Alastair Greene Band — "Walking in Circles"
• Danny Green — "With You in Mind"
• Lindsey Yung — "Opal Essence"

July 2009:

• Citizen Band — "Breaker Breaker My Heart"
• Shane Dwight — "Gimme Back My Money"
• Shane Dwight — "Plays the Blues"
• Bobby Long — "Dirty Pond Songs"
• The Insomniacs — "At Least I'm Not With You"
• Publicists — "Stories"
• Duke Robillard — "Stomp! The Blues Tonight"
• Sunny Crownover and Her Joy Boys — "Introducing Sunny and Her Joy Boys"
• Jason Robinson — "Cerberus Rising"

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"

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

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