CD Review: Blues Traveler - North Hollywood Shootout

The classic neo-hippie band, Blues Traveler, who first made it big with their self-titled debut album in the early 1990’s, are back with their seventh studio effort, North Hollywood Shootout. Featuring a diverse range of material, John Popper’s crew returns to a modern musical landscape with new material that is grounded in what originally made the band successful, catchy melodic hooks, introspective lyrics, and a hearty dose of classic rock and roll. North Hollywood Shootout contains some classic sounding Blues Traveler with some new experiments sprinkled in. The opening tracks, “Forever Owned” and “You, Me and Everything,” bring the listener back to the band’s glory days with infectious pop melodies, whimsical lyrics and flowing harmonica textures. The mellow folk-pop track “Orange In the Sun,” and the more easy-listening,... [read full story]