On August 11, 1965, an African American man in Watts was pulled over and as was is so often the case, the officers involved in the stop used brute force
King Khan’s The Nature of Things balance free jazz with an engaging groove
Radical Romantics is a Fever Ray album in that its fixations swarm around Karin Dreijer, all their proclivities, and all their vulnerabilities. It’s also the closest Fever Ray has ever sounded like The Knife
In a move certainly unrelated but similar in concept to Terri Lyne Carrington recognizing female composers in her Grammy-winning New Standards Vol. 1, pianist/composer Eric Reed takes a somewhat parallel
On their fourth LP, A Colossal Waste Of Light, Portland, Oregon’s Eyelids drift in and out of decades for musical influence. You can hear echoes of everyone from 1970s Big
There’s enough joy in New Brunswick-based singer/songwriter Matt Andersen’s aptly named The Big Bottle of Joy to fill multiple parade routes or churches.
Moving On Skiffle reflects Van Morrison as inspired as we’ve ever heard him, certainly since his two albums in 2018 with the late Joey DeFrancesco (You’re Driving me Crazy and The Prophet Speaks).
On their third effort, Rides On, The Nude Party producing themselves for the first time manage to create their most consistent album yet. The vibes may be a little chiller,
Colemine/Karma Chief Records are re-releasing Kendra Morris’ 2016 EP Babble and adding three new tracks to mark the occasion. The record’s mix of soul, hip hop, and jazz all support Morris’s strong voice as Babble does more than just ambulate along
Drayton Farley is a relative newcomer at least when it comes to recording albums. The Alabama songwriter has released a couple full-length albums and some singles. He definitely draws some
