If there was ever a predestined pairing, this might be it as blues singer-songwriter-guitarist Lloyd Jones, who hails from Portland, OR lands in keyboardist/producer Kevin McKendree’s Rock House studio in
The discoveries of unheard performances and unreleased albums have buoyed the jazz landscape in recent years. In fact, two years ago this month, this writer posted a review of MONK,
Surely, we all miss live music, especially when you hear the rollicking jump blues on this latest recording, Too Far from the Bar, by the venerable Sugar Ray and the
When Doves announced that they were on an “indefinite hiatus” after playing their last gig in October 2010, many fans were justifiably concerned that we had seen the last of
Multi-Grammy award-winners trumpeter/Flugelhornist Randy Brecker and versatile saxophonist Eric Marienthal have long been friends and on-stage collaborators (Jeff Lorber, GRP Big Band) but are teaming for their first co-led album,
Matt Lovell’s debut, Nobody Cries Today, is an album that couldn’t have happened without a fair amount of heartache. The lead single “90 Proof” with the line “I’ve been trying
If you’ve been privileged to see an acoustic piano concert by Chick Corea, you can’t help but be struck not only by his creative improvisations but his playfulness, rapport with
Sometimes a writer can exhaust the accolades for an artist covered countless times and this writer is beginning to feel that way about today’s premier blues guitarist, Ronnie Earl. So,
To celebrate their twentieth year, the metal behemoths Mastodon have released Medium Rarities, an odds and ends collection of covers, live tracks, instrumentals, and rarely heard originals. The opening song
The heralded roots band Delta Spirit took an extended break after supporting their 2014 Into the Wide. It took some time for the originally Southern Californian-based band of five independent,
