The newest album from the Bay Area-based psychedelic soul band Monophonics, Sage Motel on Colemine Records, is a collection of retro-looking workouts that shimmer and drip in cosmic fashion. Frontman,
The Rolling Stones’ Live At The El Mocambo recordings carry plenty of cachet on their own terms as well as in the context of the iconic British band’s history. On
The shocking death of singer-songwriter David Olney, who passed while performing live on stage two years ago in January 2020 still reverberates. Olney was the epitome of the songwriter’s songwriter,
The Philadelphia based artist Don McCloskey sums it up pretty well in the opening lines of the excellently exuberant “Open The Door” when he sings “So how can I possibly
Contrary to a cursory perusal of the tracklisting for Outdated Emotion, Delbert McClinton‘s twenty-seventh album is not comprised solely of cover songs. The Texan soul man intersperses a small handful
On his self-titled debut, the go-to sideman John Inghram manages to weave a distinct 1970s rock swagger into his blend of Americana for a satisfyingly unique sound unlike any of
As Herbie Hancock recently said in his closing remarks for 2022 International Jazz Day held at the United Nations, just about everything as we know it stopped during the pandemic
The Chicago Soul Jazz Collective with the city’s own grand dame of jazz Dee Alexander waste no time in rousing us with the opening track “Mama Are We There Yet?”
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on With a Vengeance, the new album from Hans Gruber and the Die Hards, in his signature six-panel comic strip form.
In the past two decades, we’ve had at least three individuals raise the profile of Akron, Ohio. Basketball star LeBron James has made the phrase “just a kid from Akron”
