Milo Miles

Music critic Milo Miles reviews Capitol Records' "Ultra Lounge" reissue series.

Critic Milo Miles remembers singer/songwriter Laura Nyro, who died this week.

Critic Milo Miles considers the music made by reggae's cult figure Lee Perry and England's producer Mad Professor: "Who Put the Voodoo 'Pon Reggae" and "Dub Take the Voodoo Out of Reggae" (both on the RAS label).

Critic Milo Miles reviews "I Can't Lose" (Blind Pig label), the new recording of blues singer, guitarist and songwriter Deborah Coleman.

Critic Milo Miles on experimental acoustic guitarist John Fahey. Fahey's latest album is "City of Refuge."

Critic Milo Miles reviews the new collection by the Almanac Singers, an early urban folk group that included Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays, Pete Hawes, Millard Lampell and Pete Seeger. The CD is "The Almanac Singers: Their Complete General Recordings" (on MCA).

Commentator Milo Miles looks at the singing career of Jesse Stone. Stone helped shape the sound that was to become rock and roll. As chief arranger during the early days of Atlantic records, he guided the company towards a more swinging, urbane sound. A new collection focuses on his own singing career.

Commentator Milo Miles reviews two new re-releases of singer Tracy Nelson's earlier recordings with the band Mother Earth. Nelson is still making albums today, but Miles says they don't have the same looseness and charm as these reissues.

Milo Miles reviews the new CD by Jaguars. Their album is called "El Equilibrio De Los Jaguares."

Critic Milo reviews "The Best of the Barely Works," featuring songs by the unconventional British folk group.