2009-05-11
This album works. Jim Eno’s competent production, tight instrumental performances, and emphatic vocal presentations make Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears’ latest release, “Tell ‘em What Your Name Is” a success. The music is all blues, jazz, and soul, while simultaneously rejecting the industry-imposed conventions of those genres. The lyrics are blunt and the music is equally unrestrained. Unfortunately, almost the whole album is unsuitable for radio because of profanity. Of course, this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t listen to this great album over and over. The record is available from Lost Highway Records in March, 2009.ANDERS OSBORNE
BLACK EYE GALAXY
LYDIA LOVELESS
Indestructible Machine
The Sword
High Country
THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS
The Age of the Understatement
JOSHUA RADIN
– SIMPLE TIMES
JOHN MAYER
– Where the Light Is, Live in LA
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