Ceaseless Sight

Personnel: Rich Robinson (vocals, guitar); Marco Benevento (keyboards); Joe Magistro (drums).Audio Mixers: Chris Bittner; Mike Birnbaum.Recording information: Applehead Recording, Woodstock, NY.Photographer: Laurent Chanez.Unlike his brother Chris -- perhaps too easy a comparison but one hard to avoid, as they're not only related by blood but by taste -- Rich Robinson doesn't wander into the mystic when he steps away from the Black Crowes. He remains rooted in the earth, grinding out grittier elements of the Crowes, the rangy riffs and deep grooves that keep them connected to a heritage that stretches back to the Stones and the Allmans. The Ceaseless Sight, his third solo album and also his best, revels in that thick Southern sound, delving into a thick, dirty rhythm on the opening "I Know You" and returning often, finding variations within the slow blues churn of "The Giving Key" and funk of "Inside." Robinson isn't just about loud guitars on The Ceaseless Sight, though. He quickly sl