Veteran LA-based singer-songwriter Eleni Mandell’s 11th studio album, Wake Up Again, finds her juggling the roles of musician, mother, teacher and student. While Mandell will admit to the difficulty of
Occasionally this writer will return to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers classics: 1964’s Free for All or 1961’s A Night in Tunisia, marvel at the joy and passion of
The name for the duo, ESOEBO, is an acronym for Eclectic Selections of Everything but Opera. While it might be a convenient way to describe their music, it leaves plenty
Ah, the devastation of the breakup album. You’ve probably heard several but it’s not likely that you’ve heard one as piercing as Seen Enough Leavers, the third release from East
Shades of Shirley Horn represents a lifelong dream of sorts for D.C.-based vocalist Coniece Washington, who grew up with Horn and other female jazz vocalists like Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald,
Pianist Dred Scott has a mind-blowing versatile resume that could stand with anyone’s, yet he remains under the radar for many. We usually categorize in an artist in some genre
NYC-based jazz guitarist Larry Corban delivers his fifth recording as a leader. Emergence is styled mostly on straight-ahead mid-sixties Blue Note jazz, half played with the Aperturistic Trio (pianist James
Frankie Lee burst onto the scene in 2016, as an unknown, quickly signed to Sturgill Simpson’s label, and proceeded to deliver the highly acclaimed American Dreamer, which some prestigious outlets
Justin Townes Earle plies several styles on The Saint of Lost Causes, but it reads primarily as a blues album. The topical matter at hand is not pretty. Perhaps it’s
Age has not diminished one bit of Mavis Staples’ passion. On the Ben Harper written and produced We Get By, Staples has delivered her best recording in perhaps fifteen years.
