Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the WorldBilly Bragg, Faber & Faber SocialSkiffle remains a phenomenon largely foreign to American…

If your music reading interests extend beyond the bounds of standard rock bios, the past year provided a rich array of choices. Here are 2017 books that…

Recordings For The People’s Freedom Vol. 1 with Mike Unruh and Craig Owens’ Bodo Trio’s She’s So Poplar deserve special mention as does Cleme’s Unfold.…

Gizmodrome—GizmodromeNexus—Virgil and Steve HoweFor Those Who Came After: Songs of Resistance from the Spanish Civil War—BarbezThe World of Captain…

Trinity Lane—Lilly HiattBig Bad Luv—John MorelandA Long Way From Your Heart—Turnpike TroubadoursNot Dark Yet—Shelby Lynne & Allison MoorerSmall…

1969—Andre CymoneMental Illness—Aimee MannMasseduction—St. VincentLotta Sea Lice—Courtney Barnett & Kurt VileJen Cloher—Jen CloherAnything Can Happen—Bash…

Vincent Herring - Hard Times (Smoke Sessions)Ben Allison - Layers of the City (Sonic Camera)Peter Erskine New Trio - In Praise of Shadows (Fuzzy…

Sabil - Zabad, l'écume des nuits . Zabad, Twilight Tide (Harmonia Mundi)Girma Beyene & Akale Wube - Ethiopiques 30: Mistakes On Purpose (Buda Musique)L’…

Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm – Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm (Jay-Vee)Wee Willie Walker & the Andy Paule Soul Orchestra – After a While (Blue Dot)Sherman Holmes…