Feb 15, 2021A Music Man Like Nobody Ever Saw —Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup(Bear Family) 2016 One of Elvis’ chief inspirations, blues legend Arthur Crudup was overdue for a complete overview of his classic...
Feb 2, 2021These Great Stars are on Fire & Fury(Sunset Blvd. Records) 2017 A three-CD selected overview of Bobby Robinson’s Harlem-based Fire and Fury labels that I curated and wrote...
Feb 1, 2021Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records—The Definitive Collection(Earwig Records) 2019 Narvel “Cadillac Baby” Eatmon ran his little Bea & Baby label (and various subsidiaries) on Chicago’s South Side,...
Feb 1, 2021Night People: The Best of Lee Dorsey(Sunset Blvd. Records) 2018 Three CDs jam-packed with the 1960s and ‘70s work of delightfully jovial New Orleans R&B singer Lee Dorsey....
Sep 9, 2020Hank Ballard & the Midnighters: Nothing But Good 1952-1962(Bear Family) Everything this Detroit-based quintet cut for Federal and King during their golden decade, spread across five CDs! All...