2006-02-20
The enthralling new Streets of New York (released Feb. 21 on the equally new 00:02:59 label) finds the artist in his mid-fifties, his youthful energy unflagging, and he’s never sounded more committed to the themes he’s tackled. They range from the title track—a gritty paean to his adopted hometown that he describes as “my love song to the city”—to the chilling “Cell Phones Ringing (in the Pockets of the Dead),” his unflinching response to the 2004 Madrid train bombings. - James GambleArjun
Pieces
BUTCH WALKER AND THE BLACK WIDOWS
The Spade
PHOENIX
It's Never Been Like That
THE SOUL OF JOHN BLACK
The Good Girl Blues
BLUEPRINT
Adventures in Counter-Culture
AFROSKULL
To Obscurity and Beyond
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