RAVE REVIEWS

I don’t know who’s doing your record reviews, but they deserve a raise. That column is quickly becoming one of my favourite, and most valuable, sections of the whole magazine. I’ve been turned on to so much great music and so many great musicians I might not have otherwise checked out if not for the very accurate, well written, and spot on descriptions of the various artists and recordings they feature. Most recent example: the five-star review of the latest Sonny Landreth live record (GT 273), was absolutely on the money, and I can’t thank whoever wrote that enough for motivating me to buy it. Mike Cosola Thanks, Mike. These days it tends to be mainly music editor Jason Sidwell, plus some from David Mead and occasionally a few from me. Jason’s are the most musically in-depth (as you’d expect) and it was he who reviewed and raved about Sonny’s amazing new release.