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 Gamble
Joseph Arthur
Could We Survive
THE GORIES
The Shaw Tapes: Live in Detroit 5/27/88
VARIOUS
Cedar Rock Basement Program
SHELBY LYNNE
REVELATION ROAD
ECHO HELSTROM
The Veil
Peter, Bjorn, & John
Writer's Block
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