Margo Cilker’s 2021 debut Pohorylle was a refreshing take on Americana at a time when everyone with an acoustic guitar was relocating to Nashville, throwing on a flat brimmed cowboy
To say The Mommyheads have been prolific over the past few years would be an understatement. The experimental rockers has made a name for themselves by never sticking to one
Across five records, Bahamas (aka Afie Jurvanen) has managed to defy any obvious classifications by sliding effortlessly in and out of genres from indie pop and R&B to folk and
Kurt Elling is the epitome of Wayne Shorter’s definition of jazz – “I Dare You.” Elling could have easily settled into his Grammy-winning crooner mode for his 2010 Dedicated to
Over the last eight years, Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett has released three solid full-length albums that showcase her gifts as a musician and lyricist. Whether soft and introspective or fast
In the near fifty-year interim, since Graham Parker announced himself to the world with the magnificent one-two punch of 1976’s Howlin’ Wind and Heat Treatment, he’s never made a bad
The Buffalo instrumental outfit Organ Fairchild’s sophomore release Leisure Suit is a polished slice of feel-good, funk-laced music for getting on down. The upstate New York, jazz veterans, form an
Trumpeter/composer/bandleader/educator Terell Stafford named his album with Victor Lewis’ “Between Two Worlds” but if we were to examine that notion Stafford lives in at least in four different “worlds.” He
It’s been six years since ZZ Ward’s last album, but on Dirty Shine – her first effort on her own label since leaving Hollywood Records – she digs even deeper
In just two albums, Black Market Brass has paved a lane all to their own. The Minneapolis-based collective has mastered the art of syncopation and digests influences on a global
