First heard and written in the same 53 minutes. Overall, a good purchase, a concept with some potential pitfalls that Gabriel largely avoids. He’s smart to put the emphasis on his voice while also giving it less to compete with (nothing…

You just don’t see many, if any, shows where the musical references include Woody Guthrie, the hooks and harmonies of golden-age AM radio, and decidedly uncommercial Lou Reed. Sextet Wilco is equally adept in folky twang, squalls of semi-harnessed noise, and…

When Mose Allison cut his first record, “autotune” would’ve been a clumsy reference to spark plugs and air filters. While a lot has changed since 1957, the Mississippian’s music has not. The alternately casual and insistent (but always jazzy) piano style, the accentuated…