Ray Wylie Hubbard’s bluesy tales of misplaced priorities, bad decisions and tragic characters are always entertaining,
New releases: Boxmasters, Sam Lewis
It’s not every album that has its own built-in mood swing. The Boxmasters – “Bud” Billy Bob Thornton, Teddy Andreadis, Brad Davis and J.D. Andrews – will release a new two-CD set this week, each disc with a distinctly different tone.
Tony Joe White: Complete Warner Bros. Recordings
Tony Joe White will always be associated with his swamp-rock hit “Polk Salad Annie,” but a new collection from Real Gone Music reveals an artist of greater depth and breadth
New releases: Allison Moorer’s “Down to Believing”
The power in Allison Moorer’s Down to Believing comes from marrying intimate and confessional lyrics to compelling musicality.