Surely this is not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, Clairborne is approaching his stuff like a siege, but these songs are well reasoned, the players super and Samuel Claiborne has lots to say. http://www.samuelclaiborne.com/

evin Jenkins new CD Til The Story’s Told is a brilliant 9-song collection from this blues artist whose near 4-decade career has taken him from Tokyo’s Budokan to London’s famous Albert Hall to NYC’s Madison Square Garden, opening for the likes of Michael Jackson, The Police, BB King, and working with too many other pop/rock notables to name. Opening with a slow chunky version of T-Rex’s “Spirit In The Sky” (a cool chant naming famous prophets begins the tune) we are stuck smack tab between Jenkin’s smooth expressive vocal and the spectacular lead playing of guitarist Tomas Doncker; it’s a near spot-on recreation.