HIGH BIAS -- June 24, 2001 -- John Lee Hooker, Chris Whitley, Air, Robert Berry, Doyle Bramhall, Scott McGill, Michael Manring, Vic Stevens, Rainravens, Judas Priest

Album reviews of new music by:

Air: 10,000HZ Legend is the work of a band eager to progress able to do it gracefully and successfully. (more)
Robert Berry: A soundtrack for the best-selling The Wheel of Time fantasy novels. (more)
Doyle Bramhall: Bramhall knows how to use his honeysteel croon and flying fingers to bring out the best aspects of his meaty melodies. (more)
Scott McGill/Michael Manring/Vic Stevens: Nothing less than 14 tracks of burning progressive jazz rock. (more)
Rainravens: On the band's fourth CD [Andy Van Dyke's] songs hint at burgeoning maturity, optimism and intimacy. (more)

And trip through the past with the reissued works of Judas Priest.

John Lee Hooker, 1917(?)-2001

How John Lee Hooker May Still Save the Blues

Brian Briscoe Bluesman John Lee Hooker, who died quietly in his home on June 21 at the age of 83, may have drawn the map that will eventually lead the blues to its own salvation. (more)

The Air Will Never Be the Same

Blythe Christopher A couple of great things happened to me when I lived in Mississippi. I worked in the best independent bookstore in the country (no mean feat) and I got to see the best blues in the world. Old Skool. John Lee Hooker. (more)

Aural Fixations

CHRIS WHITLEY
Rocket House
Chris Whitley fans are very loyal, even though they don't seem to understand their hero. Whitley changes with every record, allowing his creativity free reign without thought to how it will be received by his fanbase. As a result his groupies grow increasingly baffled every time he releases an album that doesn't sound his popular debut Living With the Law (which would be all of them). (more)

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