1
WANDA JACKSON
(City Winery)
Almost sixty years into her career, the original bad girl of rock ‘n’ roll still wails, growls, whoops and purrs.
May 17
2
CHRIS PUREKA
(SPACE)
The piercingly personal folk-rocker is settling into her second decade as a defining talent.
May 22
3
TY SEGALL
(Thalia Hall)
The garage-rock icon has kept it stripped-down lately—the better to reveal killer axe and vocal chops.
May 14
4
TATSU AOKI’S MIYUMI PROJECT
(Constellation)
Asian and African influences thrillingly intersect in Chicagoan Aoki’s ongoing venture.
May 27
5
JODY WATLEY
(Promontory)
Seems like only yesterday she was a teen dancer on “Soul Train”; now she’s an elder stateswoman of R&B.
May 25
