In a similar vein to the better known Tinarawen, hailing also from Africa, comes Innov Gnawa, a Grammy-nominated musical group of Moroccan expats, making their Daptone Records debut with Lila.
Hearing saxophonist Vincent Herring’s recent battles with COVID-19 makes it impossible not to root for him and embrace his inner drive that resulted in Preaching to the Choir. Herring’s story
There Is No End, the posthumous Blue Note release from legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen does not at all resemble the drummer’s 2020 World Circuit Rejoice with Hugh Maskela as
Bill Toms was lead guitarist for Pittsburgh, PA’s legendary Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers and has since moved on to deliver now his tenth studio album, Keep Movin’ On, with
The name WRD sounds like a radio station and the music of this organ trio will at times remind of those days in the ‘60s and ‘70s when the sounds
Knowing that Amy Speace hails from New Jersey, the album title, There Used to Be Horses Here, especially resonates. The state is more associated with sprawling shopping malls and office
Those that have heard the 21-string African instrument, the kora, would undoubtedly agree that it is one of the world’s most beautiful sounding instruments, especially in the hands of its
Having just read Eddie Floyd’s autobiography My Life in Soul, it seems like no two pages went by, certainly in the Stax-oriented chapters, without seeing Steve Cropper’s name. Someone has
When one lives in town with the name of Poetry, TX he/she needs to live up to that name, not that it is reserved for poets, writers, and songwriters but
Readers of these pages caught a few words about the hip-hop-influenced progressive UK jazz artist Alfa Mist when we covered his contribution to last Fall’s double-disc Blue Note Re-imagined. Now
