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Various Bluegrass, Blues and
Jazz Albums
Reviews By Steven Stone
Mike Marshall
An Adventure 1999 - 2009
Mike Marshall's music career began in the mid-70's when he joined the David Grisman Quintet. While it's hard to be more musically adventurous than Grisman, Marshall's forays into Brazilian Choro and explorations of the fringes of bluegrass has expanded the listening window of contemporary acoustic music. On the single-disk anthology, Adventure 1999-2009, anyone who hasn't followed his forays in real time can catch up.
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Jovino Santos Neto
See The Sound
This two-disc package features pianist Jovino Santo Neto playing with top-tier American and Brazilian players including guitarists Bill, Frisell and Ricardo Silveira, mandolinist Mike Marshall, and Tenor Sax player David Sanchez. The music is breezy yet complex with a rhythmic style that is uniquely Brazilian. Beautifully recorded and produced, See The Sound showcases Neto's prodigious talent with style.
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David Wilcox
Reverie
Few performing artists can captivate an audience during a live concert as completely as David Wilcox. On Reverie you have an opportunity to enjoy his performance at The Monastery in Cincinnati, OH, April 2010. Instead of recycling previously recorded songs, this album features fourteen new songs, all of which demonstrate that Wilcox's creative edge is still with him.
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Rosehill
White Lines And Stars
Produced by Radney Foster, Rosehill reminds me of a current-day Foster and Lloyd, which was Foster's first band. Rosehill features catchy riffs, hooks and bridges, but with more substance than a typical Nash-Vegas act. Crunchy-good guitar parts from Eric Borash and Kenny Greenberg make this a guitar-centric album. Jay Clementi's original songs, Mitch McBain's guitar, and Blake Myers' vocals complete this gem of a first album.
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