Lisa Torem - Reviews List

Aaron Fox and the Reliables - Late Too Soon (2010)
Abagail Grey - Dark Wood EP (2012)
Ace of Cups - Sing Your Dreams (2021)
Acquaintances - Acquaintances (2014)
Albert Hammond - Legend II (2013)
Albert King - Fillmore East, NYC, 1971 Plus Early Studio Recordings (2017)
Alessio Bondi - Nivuru (2019)
Alex Lipinski - Lonesome Train (2010)
Alfredo Rodriguez - Sounds of Space (2012)
Alice Donut - Ten Glorious Animals (2010)
Alien Sex Fiend - Possessed (2019)
Allison Moorer - Blood (2020)
Alun Parry - Freedom Rider (2017)
Alvin Lee - Still on the Road to Freedom (2012)
Amelia White - Beautiful and Wild (2012)
Amelia White - Home Sweet Hotel (2016)
Anderson/Wakeman - The Living Tree (2010)
Andrew Gold - Something New: Unreleased Gold (2020)
Andrew Vladeck - The Wheel (2010)
Andy Fraser - On Assignment (2014)
Andy White - Songwriter (2009)
Angele David-Guillou - Kourouma (2013)
Ani DiFranco - Which Side Are You On? (2011)
Anja McCloskey - Quincy Who Waits (2014)
Anna Kashfi - A Lonely Place (2010)
Anni Rossi - Rockwell (2009)
Antony And The Johnsons - Swanlights (2010)
Ape Shifter - Ape Shifter II (2019)
April Maze - The April Maze (2014)
Asaf Avidan and the Mojos - The Reckoning (2010)
Ashley Reaks - Melancholia (2009)
Ashley Reaks - Here's to the Good Life (2010)
Ashley Reaks - Compassion Fatigue (1-8) (2014)
Ashley Reaks - Before Koresh (2015)
Ashley Reaks - Power Failure (2013)
Ashley Reaks - The Earth Swan Sings Again (2018)
Ashley Reaks and Joe Hakim - Cultural Thrift (2016)
Astrid Williamson - Pulse (2011)
Astrid Williamson - Here Come the Vikings (2009)
Aviv Geffen - Mr Down and Mrs High (2011)
Ayala - The Sun Has Come (2013)
Beekeepers - Apiculture (2011)
Ben Osborn - Letters from the Border (2019)
Benjy Ferree - Come to the Five and Dime Bobby Dee Bobby Dee (2010)
Beth Nielsen Chapman - Hearts of Glass (2018)
Big Joe Turner - Live 1983 (2014)
Bill Kirchen - Word to the Wise (2010)
Bill Leverty - Deep South (2010)
Bill Wyman - Back to Basics (2015)
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings - Live Communication (2011)
Billy Joe Shaver - The Collection (2019)
Blackfield - V (2017)
Blackmore's Night - The Dancer and the Moon (2013)
Blame Sally - Speeding Ticket and a Valentine (2011)
Blue Eyed Shark Experiment - Aun Aprendo (I'm Still Learning) (2010)
Blurt - BOMB: Live at Oto (2017)
Bob Bradshaw - Whatever You Wanted (2016)
Bob Dorough - Devil's Best Tunes: The Beatnik Scat of Bob Dorough (2011)
Booker T - Sound the Alarm (2013)
Boris Carloff - The Escapist (2013)
Brassroots - Brassroots (2009)
Brian Eno - Drums Between the Bells (2011)
Brian Setzer - Rockabilly Riot: Live from the Planet (2012)
Brooke Fraser - Something in the Water (2011)
Brooke Sharkey - A Taste of Truth (2010)
Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort (2011)
Bruce Cockburn - Crowing Ignites (2019)
Bruno Bavota - La casa sulla Luna (2013)
Buddy Guy - Rhythm and Blues (2013)
Buddy Guy - Living Proof (2010)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - Medicine Songs (2018)
Cambodian Space Project - Whiskey Cambodia (2014)
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Somewhere over Vancouver 1973 (2015)
Ceili Rain - Crash This Gate (2023)
Chasing Pandora - Running in Circles (2009)
Chemistry Set - This Day Will Never Happen Again (2011)
Chemistry Set - Impossible Love (2011)
Chilly Gonzales - Solo Piano II (2012)
Chilly Gonzales - Solo Piano III (2018)
Chris Spedding - Joyland (2015)
Chris Thompson - Timeline (2009)
Christa Couture - The Living Record (2013)
Christiaan Webb - A Man Possessed (2012)
Cinnamon Chasers - A Million Miles from Home (2009)
Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron: The Very Best of the Crystals (2011)
Dakota - Heart and Soul (2010)
Damn Truth - Now or Nowhere (2021)
Darlene Love - Introducing Darlene Love (2015)
Darlene Love - The Sound of Love: The Very Best of Darlene Love (2011)
Dave Davies - I Will Be Me (2013)
Dave Davies - Rippin' Up Time (2014)
Dave Edmunds - ...Again (2014)
Dave Kilminster - Scarlet - The Director's Cut (2013)
Dave Stewart - The Blackbird Diaries (2011)
David Berkeley - The Fire in My Head (2014)
David Latto - Show Me How to Feel (2020)
David Ward - The Arrival (2012)
Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam - Coming Up for Air (2009)
DC Fontana - Pentagram Man EP (2013)
Dead Belgian - Love and Death: The Songs of Jacques Brel (2012)

Depeche Mode - Peace (2009)
Dick Dale - Tribal Thunder/Unknown Territory (2012)
Doris Brendel - The Last Adventure (2010)
Dot Allison - Room 7½ (2009)
Dr John - Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch (2014)
Dr John and the Lower 911 - Tribal (2010)
Dusty Springfield - Just Dusty (2009)
Dweezil Zappa - Return of the Son of... (2010)
Earl Slick - Fist Full of Devils (2021)
Earth Prayer - Nine Days (2011)
Eartha - Ink Dry Blue (2010)
Elevant - There is a Tide (2016)
Emily Hurd - Long Lost Ghosts (2011)
Emily O'Halloran - Morphine and Cupcakes (2011)
Emily Smith - Travailler's Joy (2011)
Emma Stevens - Riptide (2013)
Enuff Znuff - Dissonance (2010)
Eric Burdon and War - The Lost Broadcasts (2011)
Etran Finatawa - Tarkat Tajje/Let's Go (2010)
Fabian Holland - Fabian Holland (2013)
Fanshaw - Dark Eyes (2010)
fDeluxe - Gaslight (2012)
Films of Colour - Slow Burn (2011)
Florence Joelle - Stealing Flowers (2013)
Frank Hamilton - Songs to Make Life Slightly Less Awkward (2016)
Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls (2009)
Franz Ferdinand - Blood (2009)
Freak Owls - Taxidermy (2010)
Galia Arad - Ooh La Baby (2011)
Gang Of Four - Live…In the Moment (2016)
Gary Hoey - Dust and Bones (2016)
Gary Lucas and Jann Klose - Stereopticon (2016)
Gary Us Bonds - Let Them Talk (2009)
Gemma Ray - The Exodus Suite (2016)
Gentle Good - Y Bardd Anfarwol (2014)
George Benson - Walking to New Orleans (2019)
Georgia's Horse - Weather Codes (2013)
Ghostlight - Photographs (2010)
Gilbert O'Sullivan - The Essential Collection (2016)
Girlyman - Everything's Easy (2010)
Glass - The Sound of Glass (2010)
Graham Parker and The Rumour - Mystery Glue (2015)
Grand Duchy - Seeing Stars (2009)
Harper Simon - Harper Simon (2010)
Helen Boulding - The Innocents (2012)
Helene Greenwood - Exquisitely Hopeless (2016)
Henri Herbert - You Say EP (2016)
Henry McCullough Band - Live at Rockpalast (2015)
Henry Padovani - I Love Today (2016)
Hudson Fall - The Factory EP (2009)
I Am Spartacus - At Home With the Devil (2011)
Ian Anderson - Homo Erraticus (2014)
Ian Hunter and the Rant Band - When I'm President (2012)
Interiors - Teeth (2010)
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Hawk (2010)
Jack Bruce - I've Always Wanted to Do This (2015)
Jack Bruce - Silver Rails (2014)
Jack Cheshire - Long Mind Hotel (2013)
Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart - Ocean Blue Waves (2020)
Jake Morley - Many Fish to Fry (2011)
James Cook - Arts and Sciences (2013)
James Cotton Band - Buddah Blues (2018)
James Iha - Look to the Sky (2012)
James Low Western Front - Whiskey Farmer (2012)
James McCartney - Complete EP Collection (2012)
James McMurtry - The Horses and the Hounds (2021)
Janis Ian - The Essential 2.0 (2017)
Jann Klose - In Tandem (2018)
Jann Klose - Surrender (2023)
Jann Klose - Mosaic (2013)
Jann Klose - Reverie (2010)
Jeff Beck - Rock 'n' Roll Party Honoring Les Paul (2011)
Jennifer Warnes - The Well (2016)
Jeremy Spencer - Bend in the Road (2012)
Jessie Galante - Spitfire (2010)
Jethro Tull - The String Quartets (2017)
Jil Is Lucky - Jil Is Lucky (2011)
Jimmie Vaughan - Plays Blues, Ballads and Favorites (2010)
Jimmy Scott - I Go Back Home (2017)
Jimmy Webb - Cottonwood Farm (2009)
Jo Hamilton - Gown (2009)
Jo Hamilton - Think of Me (2010)
Joanna Connor - 4801 South Indiana Avenue (2021)
Joe Bonamassa - Live at the Sydney Opera House (2019)
Joe Bonamassa - Now Serving: Royal Tea: Live from the Ryman (2021)
Joe Bonamassa - Live at Radio City Music Hall (2015)
Joe Bonamassa - Black Rock (2010)
Joe Satriani - Shockwave Supernova (2015)
Joe Walsh - Analog Man (2012)
John Hiatt - Mystic Pinball (2012)
John Hiatt - The Open Road (2010)
John McKeown - Candy Girl (2010)
Jonny Lang - Signs (2017)
Jont - Hello Halifax (2013)
Josh Bray - Whisky and Wool (2011)
JP Soars - Southbound I-95 (2019)
Judson Claiborne - Time and Temperature (2010)
Julian Lennon - Jude (2022)
Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care (2009)
Justin Townes Earle - Single Mothers (2014)

Kafka - Geografia (2011)
Karine Polwart - Traces (2012)
Kathy Zimmer - Static Inhabitated (2014)
Kathy Zimmer - The Opening Band (2011)
Keaton Henson - Dear (2012)
Keel Her - Don't Look at Me (2014)
Keith Emerson - Emerson Plays Emerson (2018)
Kennedy Green - Kennedy Green (2010)
Kevin Armstrong - Run (2019)
Kevin Godley - Muscle Memory (2020)
Kimmie Rhodes - Covers (2013)
Kinky Friedman - Lasso from El Paso (2014)
Kirsty McGee and the Hobopop Collective - No. 5 (2010)
Kris Gruen - Part of It All (2011)
Krystle Warren and the Faculty - Circles (2010)
La Sera - La Sera (2011)
Lana Mir - Lana Mir (2010)
Larkin Poe - Summer (2010)
Laura Merrimen - Love Letters for Lonely Hunters (2010)
Laurence Juber - Soul of Light (2012)
Laurence Juber - I Can’t Stop Playing the Beatles (2017)
Lawrence County - The Frailty of Humans (2020)
Leslie West - Soundcheck (2016)
Lettie - Good Fortune, Bad Weather (2012)
Lightwings - Who Pulled the Trigger? (2012)
Linda Gail Lewis - A Tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis (2023)
Lisa Germano - Magic Neighbor (2009)
Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew (2009)
Lisa Hannigan - Passenger (2011)
Lisa Ronson - Emperors of Medieval Japan (2015)
Little Axe - Bought for a Dollar, Sold for a Dime (2010)
Little Fish - Baffled and Beat (2010)
Lonely the Brave - Backroads (2010)
Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust (2010)
Lowland Hundred - Under Cambrian Sky (2010)
Lumiere - My Dearest Dear (2013)
Mandoki Soulmates - Living in the Gap/Hungarian Soulmates (2020)
Maria Mena - Cause and Effect (2010)
Maria Taylor - Overlook (2011)
Maria Taylor - Something about Knowing (2013)
Marianne Faithfull - Give My Love to London (2014)
Martin Barre - Back to Steel (2015)
Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Age of Miracles (2010)
Mary Gauthier - The Foundling (2010)
Matraca Berg - Love's Truck Stop (2012)
Matthew Ord - Early in the Spring (2009)
Maya Galattici - Exogen Tantra (2015)
Meredith Moon - Constellations (2023)
Michael MacLennan - Wolves (2012)
Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock - Spirit on a Mission (2015)
Mick Harvey - Sketches from the Book of the Dead (2011)
Miesha and the Spanks - Girls, Like Wolves (2013)
Miles Nielsen - Miles Nielsen Presents The Rusted Hearts (2012)
Mim Grey - Chasing Tigers (2012)
Mitch Ryder - Detroit Ain't Dead Yet (2010)
Monks Kitchen - Music from the Monks Kitchen (2013)
Moonshot - Angels Wear Black (2011)
Mose Allison - The Collection (2010)
Mountain Heart - That Just Happened (2011)
Muet - Muet (2019)
Murmurs of Tension - Awkward Aura (2009)
My Girl The River - Cardinal in the Snow (2020)
Naim Amor - Dansons (2012)
Nature's Neighbor - Otherside (2021)
Nell Bryden - Buildings and Treetops (2012)
New Alchemy - On the Other Side of the Light (2014)
New Young Pony Club - The Optimist (2010)
Nick Lowe - The Old Magic (2011)
Nicole Atkins - Mondo Amore (2011)
Nightingales - Become Not Becoming (2017)
Nothing For Breakfast - Nothing For Breakfast (2014)
Odette - My Friend (2010)
One Man Bannister - Evolver (2017)
One Man Bannister - Rubber Solo (2019)
Otti Albietz - Bubby Tone II (2013)
Owen Franklin - The Not-So-Great Gatsby (2011)
Paperplain - Entering Pale Town (2010)
Pascal Babare - Thunderclap Spring (2009)
Patrick Samuel - Distant Star (2019)
Paul Nelson Band - Badass Generation (2016)
Peggy Seeger - Everything Changes (2014)
Penny and Sparrow - Let a Lover Drown You (2016)
Pete Brown and Phil Ryan - Road of Cobras (2010)
Peter Berwick - Island (2019)
Peter Doherty - Hamburg Demonstrations (2017)
Peter French - Ducks in Flight (2018)
Peter Paul and Mary - 50 Years with Peter Paul and Mary (2016)
Phildel - The Disappearance of the Girl (2013)
Player Piano - Radio Love (2016)
Poco - The Forgotten Trail (2015)
Pondhawks - Dreaming Over Ireland (2012)
Pondhawks - The Pondhawks Have Landed (2010)
Pondhawks - Blue Light (2016)
Poppermost - Hits to Spare (2021)
Pretty Things - The Sweet Pretty Things (Are in Bed Now, Of Course…) (2015)
Project Mama Earth - Mama Earth (2018)
Projekt - The Compass (2010)
Pulsar Ensemble - Bizarre City (2021)
Quinn Sullivan - Midnight Highway (2017)
Rachel Harrington - Celilo Falls (2011)

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