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'Blogarrhea: A Trip Through the Delta Blues Via the Lens of Sax Man Noah Preminger

When Blind Willie Johnson recorded "Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground" in 1927, he couldn't have known that 50 years later, in 1977, it would be launched into space with 26 other songs just in case any aliens wanted to know about our culture. Thirty-nine years after that, in 2016, 'Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground' is also the sound of a Connecticut sax man, Noah Preminger, getting real.
By Mike Greenblatt

  • 'REVIEW: Spin Cycle, 'Spin Cycle,' Sound Footing Records

    Oklahoma drummer Scott Neumann, 54, and California saxophonist Tom Christensen, 55 relocated to New York City in the late '80s, became known by gigging out a lot, formed a quartet with guitarist Pete McCann and bassist Phil Palombi, called the band and CD Spin Cycle (Sound Footing Records), yet separated themselves from the glut by including the grunge-punk "Smart Aleck" right smack dab in the middle of nine other originals.
    By Mike Greenblatt

  • 'REVIEW: Cason Fentress and the Euphonious Express, 'Clear Cool,' Self-Released

    Singer/songwriter Cason Fentress has had a long and circuitous journey but with the self-release of 'Clear Cool,' he has finally found himself amid what could have easily been a ruined life, hampered by alcoholism, meningitis and divorce. Sure, it took him a little longer to get here but 'Clear Cool' is the type of 5-song EP that leaves one hungering for what he could possibly do over the course of a full-length.
    By Mike Greenblatt
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