Reporter: Mike Greenblatt
'Blogarrhea, New Book Captures Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero
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'Blogarrhea: A Mountain of Adventurous Music Waiting to be Scaled
'Moonbeam Parade' (Ugly Cat) is Giulia Millanta's fifth and best CD. Born and raised in Italy, she's made Texas her home since 2012, writing 13 songs with the cream of the crop from the bands of Dylan, Dixie Chicks, Willie Nelson, Robert Palmer and Patty Griffin. She sings her profound lyrics with a bird-with a-broken-wing appeal. You just want to take her home and care for her. -
'REVIEW: The Cookers, 'Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart,' Smoke Sessions Records
The concept of a super-group in this day and age might be overplayed so let us just say that the fifth CD by The Cookers, 'The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart' (Smoke Sessions Records) is one of the top jazz CDs of 2016. How could it not be with this lineup?