Let’s get one thing straight from the outset. As you might expect there’s as much R&B on former Jackson 5 singer Tito Jackson’s debut, Under Your Spell, for Gulf Coast
Newport Jazz Festival 2021 closed their sold-out weekend on Sunday. The final day found this writer camped mostly at the Quad Stage to take in four consecutive stellar acts which
Having attended the Newport Jazz Festival in 2019, we approached this scaled-back, 60% of capacity, down-to-two-stages, COVID- protocols-in-place completely sold-out 2021 version with a mix of excitement and cautious curiosity.
Most of us have heard Brian Jackson’s music even though his name has somehow been obscured by the big shadow cast by his musical partner, the late Gil Scott-Heron. Pick
We’ve rarely heard singer/songwriter Jim Lauderdale so pensive and empathetic as he is on Hope. Lauderdale reaches deep for his love of ‘70s country-rock to deliver one big musical message
When the poet, folk singer, and talented guitarist first hit the scene several years ago, he was inevitably compared to that other blues-based folk singer from Duluth Minnesota but as
By now we know that jazz from the UK is generally different than even most of the mashed-up genre contemporary jazz we have here in the states, Slowly Rolling Camera (SCR)
Orrin Evans is a multi-faceted band leader, mentor, host, and musical organizer, besides being an esteemed pianist and composer of contemporary jazz. The Magic of Now is his 20th album
When Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram broke through two years ago this writer began his review for another outlet with these words “Welcome to the anointing.” By now, blues fans already have
Ledisi, the New Orleans-born, Oakland-raised contemporary Grammy-winning R&B singer is determined to make her generation familiar with Nina Simone. Simone’s awareness has, of course, coincidentally risen in recent months, mostly
