Ken Tucker

Fresh Air's rock critic reviews Is It News, the new album from Texas blues musician Doyle Bramhall. He's had two previous discs, but this is the first collection where the songs are all his own.

The singer, songwriter and drummer has played in his own band, the Chessmen, and with a host of Texas music titans from Stevie Ray Vaughan to Marcia Ball.

Fresh Air's rock critic reviews Revival, the new solo album from the onetime Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman.

Fogerty is a noted songwriter, responsible for the standard "Proud Mary" and nine other Top 10 singles for CCR between 1969 and 1971 alone. The band split in 1972.

Revival, due out Oct. 2, carries 12 new originals from the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer.

Fresh Air's rock critic reviews The Con, the fifth album from Canadian duo Tegan and Sara.

The Calgary natives — they're twins, named Tegan and Sara Quin — have seen their music used to score a number of American TV shows, including Grey's Anatomy, The L Word and Medium.