Portland, Oregon has been dominating news headlines these days for reasons that many cities would like to avoid. Despite the doom and gloom of a pandemic, wild fires and constant
Almost exactly one year ago we brought you the second album from Bright Dog Red (BDR), a collective from Albany, NY that fuses free improvisation, electronica, jazz, hip hop, psychedelia, noise,
In 2017 Multi-Grammy Award winner Diana Krall issued two albums, her own brilliant Turn Up the Quiet and her collaboration with Tony Bennett, Love Is Here to Stay. It would
Rising UK blues singer-songwriter Malaya Blue caught the attention of Grammy-winning writer Dennis Walker in the past couple of years. You remember Walker from his collaborations with Robert Cray, where
With a band as prolific as Thee Oh Sees, every new release can seem cumbersome. Since 2003, the band has released nearly 25 albums and gone through several different name
Steeped in everything from 70s classic rock, satirical lyricists like Harry Nilsson, and current dark indie rock poster boys like Nick Cave, The Demon Rind’s third effort, Something Nice I
The jazz landscape has no shortage of inspiring guitarists and Tom Guarna is one of the brightest emerging stars. We use the term “emerging” rather casually here as Guarna has
The estimable status of drummer Joe Farnsworth is reflected in this stellar quartet consisting of the iconic Wynton Marsalis who is rarely a sideman, legendary pianist Kenny Barron, and top-shelf
It’s hard to believe that Peanuts is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and the rest of the gang are older than most everyone that
On her first LP of all original songs since 2014, Joan Osborne finds herself swimming in familiar waters, singing about a slew of current social and political issues. Just two
