With Skin, his most intimate album yet, Nashville-based Sean McConnell mines his own demons, struggles, and insecurities for material. The result is sometimes dour, often emotional, but always genuine, as
For a band whose music often feels like an emotional storm passing through a city at night, Constellations For The Lonely finds Doves at their most fragmented and, at times,
Mdou Moctar released one of the best albums of 2024 with Funeral for Justice, a blisteringly swirling cumulation of all their righteously loud Tuareg guitar-rocking talents. Now, the outfit follows
Trilogy 3 is the third and likely the last installment of live shows with Chick Corea’s legendary trio of bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade. The 2-LP set includes
The Devil Makes Three has never been accused of making light, vapid music. Across seven albums, the Santa Cruz-based trio has melded Blues, folk, Americana, and even influences of punk
It has been a few years since we heard from a lone Panda Bear, the ever-evolving vehicle for Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox. While the past few years for the artist
What goes around, comes around. Alto saxophonist Steve Lehman got his start as a sideman in visionary Anthony Braxton’s touring ensemble from 1999- 2007 for a host of festivals and
You may know pianist/keyboardist Elliott Galvin from his work with the saxophonists Binker Golding and Mark Lockheart, or with Emma-Jean Thackery, Shabaka Hutchings or UK band Dinosaur, or even others.
Octogenarian drummer and NEA Jazz Master Billy Hart continues to make inspiring music, whether with his own quartet or as a sideman in several groups. Just is the third album and
Upon the release of their first album, Magnolia, it was tempting to consider it piano trio jazz in the conventional swinging or even avant-garde sense, it is not, nor is it
