The brilliant singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe has issued 16 or more albums since the ‘90s and yet for many he remains undiscovered. His gruff, resonant, cigarette-burned voice is not made for
The first time this writer saw the title Another Side of John Coltrane, some initial confusion set in because there is an Impulse! collection of John Coltrane ballads called The
West Virginian-bred, Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Sierra Ferrell is poised for a breakout year. Her awaited album via Rounder is aptly titled Long Time Coming in which she wrote
James McMurtry’s catalog of songs is so great that no top fifty or even top ten list of songs is the same. We know going in that the album will
This could be the gift of the year for hard bop fans. Long considered one of the best live albums in Blue Note’s storied catalog and the only live recording
Let’s just call the summer of 2021, the “Summer of Nina.” We witnessed Simone’s powerful performance in the Questlove directed Summer of Soul, her recorded performances at Montreux were the
Harpist Brandee Younger is well known in contemporary jazz circles as both a concert soloist and valued session musician. With four or five smaller label albums as a leader, Younger
In the ‘60s they dubbed folk artist Dave Van Ronk as the poet laureate of Greenwich Village. Today Greenwich Village resident, the veteran rocker Willie Nile, would be considered by
Songs from My Father is the 13th release from drummer/ bandleader/arranger Gerry Gibbs, known for his many iterations of his Thrasher Dream Trio. The last time we covered him on
Never Too Late to Call This is a far cry from the Paul Thorn of Mission Temple Fireworks Stand but roots music buffs have long known that Thorn is a
