As we write this, we don’t know the future of the fabled jazz shrine, The Village Vanguard. The venue has begun airing live performances sans audience, but it is unclear,
New Zealand indie-pop outfit The Beths are back with their second LP since the critically acclaimed 2018 release, Future Hates Me. Following the success of their first LP, they went
When the Louisville, KY-based My Morning Jacket decamped to the scenic environs of Stinson Beach, CA to record 2015’s The Waterfall they were so successful they recorded material for a
Blindboss is an experimental one-man act from Orange County, California. His shows have been known to include pre-recorded bass and drums while he plays guitar or synthesizers and sings. All
None of the principals involved in RoundAgain need the boost in public profile this collaboration surely will provide. One-time bandmates Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade all
Listening to pianist/composer Brad Mehldau is always an intense experience, but perhaps never more so than on April 2020. As provocative in its own way as any of his previous
The diminutive, 5-foot tall Ruth LaMaster ‘s moniker “Hurricane Ruth” is not the least bit understated. She can wail like the force of nature the term connotes. For this outing,
The Jayhawks, one of Americana’s most enduring bands, have been with us now for three and half decades, slightly less in terms of recorded output. It only makes sense that
Rufus Wainwright views his new album Unfollow the Rules as a bookend to his 1998 self-titled debut. That critically acclaimed album launched a career that found Wainwright veering from the
This is young drummer Eric Binder’s third CD since he arrived in 2014. As he did on his 2018 The Malcolm Cecil Project, he works with a sax-drum-bass configuration, this
