Archive: 2020

Gaspard Eden’s debut album, Soft Power, travels the backdrop of the psyche. Considering music to be the product of intuition, the self-taught, Canadian singer-songwriter plays within his own subconscious, reappropriating and transforming past experiences in an audible catharsis. With his signature multi-instrumental arrangements and ethereal vocal harmonies, Eden conveys a sound that feels like the oddly […]

Passenger (Mike Rosenberg) is back with a sentimental and moving music video for his new single “Suzanne” from his twelfth album the forthcoming “Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted,“ out on January 8, 2021.  A song that touches on the fleeting nature of youth, Passenger displays thoughtful instrumentation, rich and honest vocals, and his patented […]

Tipitina’s, the legendary New Orleans nightclub owned and operated by the band Galactic, has unveiled Tipitina’s Record Club, a new subscription service offering six annual vinyl releases celebrating the music and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South. Tipitina’s Record Club will present specially curated, bi-monthly releases spanning archival milestones, never-before-heard rarities, out-of-print reissues, […]

Alex Winter’s latest doc takes us inside the life and mind of musical madman Frank Zappa.

On the heels of his colorful 2020 release Peacemeal, Ron Gallo is back with a not so predictable tune. The quirky songsmith is getting into the so-called holiday spirit this season as Glide is premiering a cover of the classic Bing Crosby tune “White Christmas” (below) via New West Records. While wishing for a White […]

It can be argued that perhaps no other band has done a better job of making the best out of the COVID-based restrictions on live music that have seemingly become the new normal in 2020 than the Connecticut-based Indie-Groove outfit Goose. While other groups were, at best, spending their summers primarily booking sporadic single-night live-streaming […]

Pianist/composer Eric Reed delivers one of the year’s most deeply spiritual, soulful works with For Such A Time Like This, written against the backdrop of the pandemic, social unrest, and anxiety of a new election. Reed, for more than three decades now, has built his reputation as one of the most influential and beloved jazz […]

When Michael Crichton had his novel published in 1990, he could not have imagined for a second how big the franchise would eventually grow to be in the future. However, 30 years on, could interest in the film series be starting to fade? After filming was affected on two occasions by the coronavirus crisis, Jurassic […]

Tori Handsley brings a unique sound through this accessible long-awaited debut – As We Stand. Her trio features Mercury Prize 2020 drummer and producer Moses Boyd and Melt Yourself Down’s Ruth Goller on bass. Handsley’s signature instrument is the electric harp which by turns sounds like a guitar, an electric piano, or conventional acoustic harp. […]