New Releases: Solomon Burke, Jerry Lee Lewis, Amos Lee

While we had trouble prying the wonderful new Ray Lamontagne CD out of the player, we knew we had to check out a few of the new releases hitting stores tomorrow and next week:

SOLOMON BURKE’s "Nashville" finds the king of rock and soul in fine form on this Buddy Miller produced disk.  Burke is joined by guests like Emmy Lou Harris and Dolly Parton, but it’s really Burke’s amazing voice that can soar from touching sweetness to stunning growl in a single phrase that takes center stage.  As other great voices of his generation have faded,  Burke’s talents on seem to only grow stronger. (In Stores 9/26)

Guests play a stronger role on JERRY LEE LEWIS’ comeback disk "Last Man Standing". While the radical rocker is still in great form; it’s hard not to be upstaged by guests like Neil Young, Jimmy Page, Van Morrison and more.  This CD is a very worthy tribute to one of the pioneers of rock and roll. (In Stores 9/26)

INSIDER TIP: Rumor has it that Burke is scheduled to be in NYC this week taping a Jerry Lee Lewis tribute special for PBS with many of the guests from the CD.

AMOS LEE – This young singer songwriter’s sophomore effort shows growth beyond his sometimes under-rated debut.  More than ever Lee proves that there is a bridge between John Prine and soul legend Bill Withers both of who he sites as early influences.  Amos Lee has every chance of being one of th few new artists we’ll still care about 20 years from now. (In Stores 10/3)

We also had a chance to screen the documentary Before The Music Dies which is being prepared for wider release.  We’ll write more about this look at how the music industry is failing to serve artists soon, but in the meantime keep your eyes peeled for it to hit your hometown.