Especially in recent years, it’s difficult to argue that Dirk Powell is the preeminent roots artist on today’s scene, certainly its foremost producer. He doesn’t assume the spotlight often for
Hayes Carll is not the first one to do this. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kim Richey. Lucinda Williams and others have re-imagined and re-interpreted their own material years later. Yet, Carll
The assembled cast here was too long or maybe it was the lengthy band name that didn’t permit us to squeeze the names into the headline, but we’ll mention these
The blend of the electronic and the organic on Chief Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah’s studio albums, The Stretch Music concept, certainly piques curiosity about how this septet sounds live. Furthermore,
Yes, this one snuck up on us. Wayne Shorter’s birthday was 8/25 so we are just a tad late. In any case, the music of Wayne Shorter is to be
The author of Aretha Franklin’s “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man,” The Box Tops‘ “Cry Like a Baby,” James and Bobby Purify’s “I’m Your Puppet,” James Carr’s “The Dark End of the Street”
You’ve likely heard some of the singles from Bettye LaVette’s Blackbirds already. The buzz has been building for some time now and with the social unrest, protests, and momentum of
Billy Childs has more than an armful of diverse talents. As a composer he has received five GRAMMY® Awards and 16 nominations, many for composition and arrangement. Presently in continual
Havana-based pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa captures the joyous, dancing, vibrant music of today’s Cuba with an exhilarating marriage of jazz and Cuban pop music, defiantly standing up to the doubters
There are more high profile guests on Heidi Newfield’s The Barfly Sessions than one might find on most tribute albums. That’s partly due to the ridiculous amount of styles embedded
