Seldom has more work gone into an album of a solo artist singing alone with his guitar, in this case, the legendary original Delta bluesman, Son House, and this 1964
Steve Dawson, who splits his time between Vancouver, Canada, and Nashville, is the owner of one of Canada’s premier roots labels, Black Hen Records, and is renowned for his songwriting,
Trumpeter/composer Marquis Hill steps out with his 13th album and debut for Edition Records with New Gospel Revisited, a live reimagining of his 2012 debut as a leader, New Gospel.
This collaboration between guitar great Kevin Eubanks and the charismatic, adventurous pianist Orrin Evans is one of those long dreamed of projects that came to fruition with the time afforded
The five-decade-plus guitarist, songwriter, producer, and bandleader Duke Robillard is back with They Called It Rhythm & Blues after a brief absence to recover from a hand injury. He’s going
The rotating quintet, In Common, was first established by tenor saxophonist, leader, sideman, and producer Walter Smith III, together with fellow leader and in-demand sideman guitarist Matthew Stevens in 2018.
Jeremy Ivey, who had one of 2020’s strongest roots albums with Waiting Out the Storm returns with varied sonics, fresh players, and inward rather than outward driven observations bathed in
Drummer/composer Tomas Fujiwara has been working with several of the kindred spirits in his sextet, Triple Double, for the past two decades. His relationship with cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, who
Understanding Reimagined is the third installment in this writer’s self-dubbed “2022 – the year of the organ-oriented bands.” Ah, you may recall “organ-led” but in this case, the bandleader is
Unlike some of the Montreux Years series, of which this is the fifth installment, John McLaughlin: The Montreux Years presents six different bands and/or configurations as opposed to one continuous
