Brian Courtney Wilson, Just Love: Slow jams for Jesus. Signed to the gospel wing of the House That Beyoncé Built, Houston's Music World Entertainment, Wilson gives inspirational music a decidedly contemporary R&B gloss. Most of the songs on Just Love are reflective ballads similar to Maxwell or Avant — or Luther, for you older listeners — but "No Other" injects some hip-hop bounce that should get worshippers on their feet.
Johnny Winter, The Johnny Winter Anthology: Beaumont-born guitar slinger Johnny Winter was always more of a straight bluesman than hard-rocking "Frankenstein" brother Edgar, and this hefty but flawed Shout! Factory anthology (one of many released this decade) makes that abundantly clear. Missing are the more acoustic musings from early Winter albums like 1969's Second Winter, as well as anything from the three superb records he produced for and played with Muddy Waters on. What is here, though, especially the live stuff — "Good Morning Little School Girl," "Hideaway," a medley of early rock and roll hits — positively smokes.
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Buxton: www.myspace.com/buxtonband
DJ Lion-O & the Naked Troubadors:
Electric Attitude: www.myspace.com/electricattitude
Robert Glasper: www.robertglasper.com
Chase Hamblin: www.chasehamblin.com
Hell City Kings: www.myspace.com/hellcitykings
Smoking Spore: www.smokingspore.com
Springfield Riots: www.myspace.com/springfieldriot
Thee Armada: www.myspace.com/theearmadamusic
The Tontons: www.thetontons.com
Brian Courtney Wilson: www.myspace.com/brianwilsonmusic
Johnny Winter: www.johnnywinter.net
The Tontons play 1:10 p.m. Saturday, August 8, on the Summer Fest stage at Free Press Houston's Summer Fest in Eleanor Tinsley Park, 1800 Allen Parkway. Chase Hamblin plays 12:35 p.m. Sunday, August 9, on Summer Fest's Free Press Houston stage, and Buxton plays 4:20 p.m. on the Summer Fest stage. See www.pegstar.net or www.freepresshouston.com for ticket information.
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