Charlie Hunter Trio: Alley Katz, Richmond VA 10.5.06

Charlie Hunter Trio: Alley Katz, Richmond VA 10.5.06

Charlie Hunter and his latest Trio brought the rock star flavor back to jazz in Richmond the other night. Despite a particularly vicious bout with tendonitis, Hunter displayed no signs of discomfort. It wasn’t until after completing the two sets of music that Hunter applied ice to his invisible wound, enjoying Black Sabbath’s "Sweet Leaf" over the speakers.

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Nils Lofgren: Sacred Weapon

Nils Lofgren: Sacred Weapon

Nils Lofgren, guitarist of Bruce

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Gooding: Tiny Heart Attacks

Gooding: Tiny Heart Attacks

What started as an erratic pop disc unfolds into a slide-guitar, gut-bucket, emotion-spouting masterpiece.

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Skerik:  Uncanny Syncopation (INTERVIEW)

Skerik: Uncanny Syncopation (INTERVIEW)

Skerik's latest album Husky, is a live recording featuring his Syncopated Taint Septet, a mix known as a “punk-jazz version of the Thelonius Monk Octet. ” For the musician known as Skerik, the word "collaboration" never grows old.

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Jen Chapin: Ready

Jen Chapin: Ready

Jen Chapin

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Delaney & Bonnie : Home

Delaney & Bonnie : Home

Put out on the Stax Record Label, the re-release of Home expectedly involves an authentic, rough-and-tumble feel, the sound associated with the label itself.

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Future Rock: Sugar Coated Bullets

Future Rock: Sugar Coated Bullets

They strike as a band seemingly from the future, manipulating electronic frequencies and electronic beats.

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Skerik’s Syncopated Taint Septet: Husky

Skerik’s Syncopated Taint Septet: Husky

While their previous self-titled record on ropeadope seemed more haphazard in a coming-together-at-the-last-minute sort of way, Husky has a more robust polish to it.

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Les Claypool: Highball With The Colonel (INTERVIEW)

Les Claypool: Highball With The Colonel (INTERVIEW)

2006 is the sprouting year for Les Claypool. For decades the

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Big Organ Trio: Big Organ Trio

Big Organ Trio: Big Organ Trio

Using a slurry of different sounds, the LA trio keep the rhythms fresh and the melodies timeless.

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