Music Review – Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King

The first track, a haunting saxophone, notifies listeners that what follows will be a tribute to the late LeRoi Moore.  The twelve remaining tracks leave you feeling as if you’ve just attended a wake in New Orleans on Mardi Gras.  How does that feel?  Well, happy, reflective, sad and weird; throw in some disappointment and some raucous dancing and you have Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King.

The opinions of early reviewers have been scattered.  Some have mandated this album be added to the “Big 3.”  Others have thought it a continuation of DMB’s recording mediocrity Read the rest of this entry »

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I must admit, I am a U2 junkie.  Joshua Tree was the first rock-n-roll album I owned, and to this day it continues to be the best album I own.  Having been hooked on U2 since childhood, I anticipate each new album as if I am getting a new puppy.

No Line on the Horizon has everything you’ve come to expect from U2.  Every track has enough signature U2 sound and feel to ground long-time fans, but the album as a whole is a sonic tapestry. read the whole review here

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Sea Sew – Review

Lisa Hannigan has been making music with Damien Rice for several years.  Fans of Rice, have been mesmerized by Lisa’s vulnerable and haunting vocals.  The story goes something like this: Damien fired here right before they were to take the stage sometime in 2007.  Rice’s genius is not in question, however in Lisa’s debut, full-length album, Please click to read the review…