Stop Making Sense, the legendary concert film by Talking Heads, is a mesmerizing journey that transcends mere performance and elevates itself into an art form that defies categorization. Directed by
Title aside, Jill Andrews’ latest Modern Age is very much steeped in the past, making for a deeply nostalgic, sometimes melancholy, but ultimately charmingly sweet album. Songs like the lead-off
Rhiannon Giddens is broadening her scope. Her first album of all original songs, You’re the One, goes well beyond her profile as an esteemed folk singer and traditionalist, as it
Composer Basil Poledouris scored many iconic movies before his death in 2006. His work on movies like Robocop, Red Dawn, Free Willy, Les Miserables (1998) and The Blue Lagoon gave
The newest release from Nashville by way of Baja, California, Americana outfit Cordovas, The Rose of Aces, is a sweet-sounding microdose of country-tinged goodness. The group is fronted by vocalist/multi-instrumentalist
Just when you think the incomparable Will Oldham has explored every corner of his creativity, he returns with a new album bursting with refreshing folk and moving lyricism. After decades
As the old becomes new again once more; the surviving members of the original Headhunters, drummer Mike Clark, and percussionist Bill Summers are co-leading the unit that continues to carry
If Neil Young’s Chrome Dreams wasn’t such an absolutely stellar piece of work, hearing the long-delayed album might bring an inevitable sense of anti-climax, much like the sensation that arose
In English, the title of Les Imprimés Big Crown Records debut translates to a “blissful state of meditation”. It is the act of surrendering to your daydreams and allowing your
Blue Note artist Johnathan Blake follows up his acclaimed 2021 Homeward Bound with his same quintet, Pentad, for Passages, an album that mostly pays tribute to his late dad, jazz
