
- Sugaray Rayford, Somebody Save Me, Forty Below
- Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, Killin’ It Live,
LEYLA McCALLA
The Capitalist Blues
Jazz Village (PIAS) – JV570154
With The Capitalist Blues, Leyla McCalla has vastly expanded her soundscape and taken her music to a whole new level.




KIRK FLETCHER
Hold On
Elaysia – KF 270137
Kirk Fletcher has made a personal statement on his newest album, simply titled Hold On. In what he says feels like his first solo record,
CEDRIC BURNSIDE 
Benton County Relic
Single Lock Records – SL024
As the grandson of famed bluesman R.L. Burnside, multi-instrumentalist Cedric Burnside has quite a legacy to live up to.
SHEMEKIA COPELAND

America’s Child
Alligator Records – ALCD 4984
Listen to this album! That’s the only review that some albums need, and Copeland’s powerful, ferocious,