Grammy-nominated, Nashville-based singer-songwriter and avowed rebel Will Hoge goes all in, writing, producing, and playing all instruments on his fourteenth album, the mostly autobiographical Tenderhearted Boys. Hoge immediately immerses us
This duo of trombonist, singer, and songwriter Natalie Cressman and guitarist, composer, and vocalist Ian Faquini have forged their partnership through two successful albums, 2022’s Auburn Whisper (covered here) and 2019’s Setting Rays of Summer. The
Echoes Of The Inner Prophet is the second Blue Note release by Melissa Aldana. The saxophonist and composer gained significant acclaim not only for her compositions but for the colorful
Singer-songwriter and producer Jose James steps away from tributes that have marked previous releases on this, his twelfth album, the self-produced 1978, a double LP of just nine tracks that
Along Interstate 40 in Tennessee lie two cities of immense musical importance and history – Nashville and Memphis. Check that and add a third to the list – Knoxville which
Impulse! Records are getting a head start on a batch of archival releases hitting next month with its release of Alice Coltrane – The Carnegie Hall Concert, the full recording
By his own volition, the days of Gary Clark Jr. as blues guitar hero are long gone, as he continues to forge an eclectic path as complex and confusing as
The 24-year tenure of New York’s longest-running hard-bop supergroup, the sextet All for One, is now 17 albums strong. This run is marked with long hiatuses between albums, including almost
It’s difficult to believe that saxophonist and composer Charles Lloyd hasn’t delivered a studio recording since 2017’s Vanished Gardens and Tone Poem, given his prolific output of live offerings, all
Though their first collaborative full album, saxophonist James Brandon Lewis teased us in 2023 when he teamed with the erstwhile trio with punk roots, , on the last track, “Fear
