The self-titled, full-length debut from Bones Owens hits hard with his blend of ’60s garage-rock, Hill Country blues, and swampy roots-rock – just call it rock, stomp, and swamp for short.
This writer last checked in with the forty-plus-year music veteran Curtis Salgado with his acoustic 2018 duet album, Rough Cut, with Alan Hager and previously with his full band effort,
Yes, sometimes things do come full circle. And yes, musical exploration has more than its share of coincidences. This writer picked up the classic Blue Note release, Joe Henderson’s Mode
This past Black Friday’s Record Store Day saw a limited-edition clear vinyl of the archival recording of legendary folk singer Fred Neil, entitled 38 McDougal which is now available in
Again new label Le Coq Records takes a page out of the fabled Blue Note history, creating an in-the-moment recording session in just one day amongst three of its core
Seeing the term thrash-jazz had this writer scrambling for reference points. As Jimi Hendrix taught us, creating one’s own genre can lead to much success. What’s especially revealing about Cameron
In the tradition of female trailblazers such as Katie Webster and Marcia Ball, 17-year-old 2020 Boston Music Award Winner, pianist and vocalist Veronica Lewis comes across as anything but precocious
This is the second release from the jazz ensemble Out to Dinner with just two of the five members returning from the debut. While that effort focused more on the
Singer-songwriter Joyann Parker turned heads with her 2018 debut Hard to Love and returns with even more fervor on Out of the Dark. Minneapolis-based Joyann Parker is a classically trained
Led by keyboardist Robert Glasper the super group R+R=NOW turned heads with their 2018 studio debut, Collagically Speaking (covered on these pages) for its unprecedented blend of jazz, R&B, electronica,
