Articles by Eric Thom

Kate Rusby
The Girl Who Couldn't Fly
PUBLISHED May 1, 2006
Kate Rusby has quietly been making a name for herself in the realm of British folk music for the past decade and this record her sixth ...
Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin
Lost John Dean
PUBLISHED May 1, 2006
Picking up where You Cant Save Everybody left off, Lost John Dean is very much a band undertaking. The complimentary talents of New Yorker...
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
Messin' with the Kids / Live at the 1974 Montreux
PUBLISHED May 1, 2006
The partnership between these two stalwarts of Chicago blues royalty is the stuff of legend. Thankfully, this oft-bootlegged show has been...
Penny Lang
Stone & Sand & Sea & Sky
PUBLISHED May 1, 2006
Penny Lang has crafted her finest record in a career that has, itself, ebbed and flowed over its 40-plus-year span. Some seven years in the...
Miles Davis
The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006
Not for the squeamish, this six-disc box is for the fusion-era Miles fan who lives for Live Evil but wants to dive in deeper. If you subscr...
Tail Dragger
My Head Is Bald
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006
No less than Howlin Wolf anointed James Yancy Jones with the "Tail Dragger moniker due to his habit of being late for gigs. Fans of the...
Jack De Keyzer
Silver Blues
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006
How better to celebrate 25 years as a published songwriter than to throw a party and invite your loyal fans. Yet this local hero in true...
Vargas Blues Band
Love, Union, Peace
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006
An intriguing disc, Love, Union, Peace represents the fifth by Spains best-kept secret, Javier Vargas, who knows a thing or two about mark...