photos by Stevo Rood *** “1, 2, 3, 4….” came the starting call as Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band charged into the second of two sold-out shows at the Forum. After five decades of touring, the evening affirmed that The Boss still has the stamina to give an all-out powerful performance. The band […]
It took Tinsley Ellis 40 years to get around to it, but, for his 21st album, the blues singer-songwriter and guitarist—who long ago established himself as one of the consummate badasses of the genre—has made a solo acoustic album. Naked Truth is the perfect title for it too because Ellis, who has never resorted to […]
Maximum Swing is the sixth collection of previously unreleased material by the groundbreaking jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery to be issued by the indie Resonance Records—the campaign was launched in 2012 with Echoes of Indiana Avenue and has yet to run out of gas. This newest entry serves as something of a companion piece to two […]
