“It was only about three years where we didn’t play at all,” says Jon Spencer, explaining his Blues Explosion’s recently broken absence. “But it’s been eight years since a studio album. Meat & Bone ...
When The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion began playing shows again in 2008 after a three-year layoff, frontman Spencer had more than a few doubts. “I was apprehensive every step of the way — I was a ...
(Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) While most modern soul-inspired singers aim for charming pastiche or infectious homage, Willis Earl Beal prefers to use his disarming vocal cords to venture beyond ...