Quick Hit: SANTI PICÓ & ADRIÀ GRANDIA, Loop Project Feb 25, 2010 This intriguing disc of masterfully effected and looped electric guitar and hurdy-gurdy—yes, you read that correctly—music traverses a rich tapestry of largely ambient musical colors and textures while successfully avoiding most More... GIANNI GUARRACINO, Gypsyland Jan 25, 2010 Besides being a virtuosic acoustic and electric player, Guarracino is a fine composer and arranger and has worked in that capacity with major artists such as Gino Paoli, Edoardo De Crescenzo, Sal Da Vinci, and legendary More... FRANK ZAPPA Oeuvre Easy Dec 08, 2009  MAKING YOUR WAY through the more than 70 titles in Frank Zappa’s catalog is a daunting prospect, but those recordings—representing a career that spanned nearly 44 years—contain some of the most outrageous music you will ever More... Audio: Nation Sack Nov 01, 2009 When I heard that my favorite 6-string sociopath Greg Koch had a new band called Nation Sack, I understandably thought the name was a scrotacular play on words. Silly me. The blues historian Dr. Koch informs that it is actually a More... Audio: Bert Jansch: L.A. Turnaround (reissue) Nov 01, 2009 LEGENDARY SCOTTISH folksinger and fingerstylist Bert Jansch recorded three LPs for Tony Stratton Smith’s The Famous Charisma Label during the 1970s that have long been out of print and never previously released on CD.The More... CHRIS AYER, Don't Go Back to Sleep Sep 11, 2009 CHRIS AYER Don't Go Back to Sleep Breezy singer-songwriter pop that is firmly in the Jason Mraz Colbie Caillat camp. Come for the catchy melodies, stay for the minor IV chords. ARC. —Matt Blackett More... ROGER FILGATE, Worlds Within Sep 11, 2009 Filgate was a member of Wishbone Ash during the mid and late ’90s, and more recently recorded and performed with Chubby Checker. This album features a dozen tracks of instrumental guitar-o-licious goodness, enhanced by Filgate’s More... CHICKENFOOT, Chickenfoot Sep 11, 2009 CHICKENFOOTChickenfootYeah, it’s a supergroup. You got your guitarslinger (Joe Satriani), your strutting vocalist (Sammy Hagar), your rocksolid bassist and angelic backup singer (Michael Anthony), and your slammin’ drummer (Chad More... THE DEAD WEATHER, Horehound Sep 11, 2009 THE DEAD WEATHERHorehoundJack White’s latest band, the Dead Weather, features vocalist Alison Mosshart (the Kills), bassist Jack Lawrence (the Raconteurs), guitarist Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age), and White on drums. The More...