GNL Zamba is an artist from Uganda who grew up with the sounds of Fela Kuti, Ice Cube, and Gil Scott Heron, all of whom were played on the radio
The accordion often gets a bad rap. For some people, the instrument is an automatic strike against the music that includes it. Call Me Spinster, on the other hand, was
Twenty years ago, The Avalanches released their near-perfect debut, Since I Left You. A groundbreaking entry in sampling and plunderphonics, the album was heralded by fans and critics as an
Prolific songwriter M. Ward’s Think of Spring is a collection of songs originally recorded by Billie Holiday – a muse to Ward and many others. Although Lady Day’s songs have
Given Bill Evans’ iconic status in contemporary jazz, it should come as no surprise there’s been no shortage of posthumous releases since he passed in 1980. Evans In England and
Saying that Alex Maas has had a huge hand in the modern psych rock movement is by no means an overstatement. Besides fronting the Austin-based psych rock band The Black
It’s been seven years since Sigur Rós’ last studio album, Kveikur, and in that time the band has remained notoriously quiet. While it seemed unlikely that any of the group’s
On Stumbling Home, the upstate New York-based indie folk duo The Sea The Sea beautifully blend male/female harmonies that would have fit perfectly on any of Fleetwood Mac’s classic mid-‘70s
Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders’ May 21st, 1971 Keystone Korner derives from the early days of the longstanding collaboration between these two deeply kindred spirits and covers what is, in
Ley Line is a group that came together at the Telluride Folk Festival in 2013. It is described as “miltilingual folk”, which sounds like the title of a Putumayo collection.
