Jeff Beck Group - Rough and Ready (1971)

There is a strong argument to be made about Jeff Beck being the best guitarist in the world, and without a doubt is among the best of all time. He was playing t

Grin - Grin (1971)

I've never heard anything by the band Grin, but I did recently find out that their guitarist/songwriter, Nils Lofgren, is a well respected guitarist who has pla

Mojohand - Wild One (2020) - Single

Mojohand has been one of my favorite first listens of 2020. A very young, well-versed, cosmic Americana jam band of sorts, without a studio album released yet e

Bert Jansch - Birthday Blues (1969)

I don't really know anything about Bert Jansch other than what I can find on wikipedia - that he was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pe

Quintron - Spellcaster II: Death In Space (2014)

Quintron is, without a doubt, one of my favorite artists I first listened to this year. Extremely inventive in his music, while his main instrument is the elect

Merry Clayton - Gimmie Shelter (1970)

I've never knowingly listened to Merry Clayton before today, but she was featured singing along with Mick Jagger in The Rolling Stones' hit tune "Gimme Shelter"

Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - So What (1998)

Jerry Garcia is without a doubt, one of my favorite and one of the most influential musicians to play in the last 100 years. The Grateful Dead essentially inven

Ray Manzarek - Carmina Burana (1983)

Going further down my foray into The Doors' members solo projects/careers, I figured I'd check out Ray Manzarek's 1983 album, "Carmina Burana". Those organs in

Black Pumas - Black Pumas (2019)

I've heard a lot of buzz online about these guys lately from guitar focused YouTube channels like Michael Palmisano aka Guitargate in a recent video in his "Gui

John Prine - Bruised Orange (1978)

Today's album is the late John Prine's 1978 album, "Bruised Orange". I must admit, I heard about his passing and many musicians speaking about what he meant to

Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind (1966)

Today's album of the day is Nina Simone's 1966 album "Wild Is The Wind". I don't have very much exposure to her, but she and her band performed a song written (

Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994)

The album I decided to check out today is "Grace" (1994) by Jeff Buckley. I've never actually listened to him before, but his voice already sounds akin to his f

Planxty - Planxty (1973)

Planxty is an interesting band with an interesting genre category to me of Irish folk music. For me, I really enjoy European folk music - it always sounds sort

Geezer - Groovy (2020)

The band Geezer is spearheaded by the bassist for world renown heavy metal band Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler. This venture keeps some of that heavy sound and br

Carl Wilson - Carl Wilson (1981)

Today I'm checking out the first solo album of the genius behind "Feel Flows" from The Beach Boys 1971 "Surf's Up" album, as well as many other pieces from the

Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)

Wow. This album starts out so hot with "Last Train". It starts the album rolling and doesn't give any indication of stopping. I favorited this song right away.

The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)

Some of the original funk masters that I can think of have a great album in 1974's "Rejuvenation". So many of my current favorite artists to listen to have some

Robby Krieger - No Habla (1989)

Robby Krieger, originally from The Doors, plays a really tasty guitar focused album here with no lyrics sung in the appropriately named "No Habla" album. In thi

The Coasters - The Coasters (1958)

I must preface this review by saying I was inspired to listen to this because of the Grateful Dead and Beach Boys collaboration version of "Riot In Cell Block N

Brant Bjork - Brant Bjork (2020)

Brant Bjork delivers a new endeavor here in 2020 with a great hard rock/stoner rock album that feels like each song builds on the previous one wrapped together