Perhaps all-star Boston-based band Reckoners can cheer up these frustrated Beantown sports fans with their sophomore release, Where the Hell Am I? The collaborative made a splash with their 2024 eponymous debut that featured Susan Tedeschi on vocals on some tracks. Tedeschi is not aboard this time, but Alan Evans of Soulive returns to co-produce, and the quasi supergroup lineup remains intact.
Upon first listen (not having heard the debut), the timeless rock and soul harked back to that glorious period of rock n’ roll when Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Springsteen, Mellencamp, and blues rockers like the J. Geils Band ruled the radio. We could literally set the Reckoners sound back to that period. Yet, their effect is refreshing…