About Ghosts is the fourth album from the incomparable guitarist Mary Halvorson’s sextet Amaryllis, following Amaryllis, Belladonna, and Cloudward. They were all named Jazz Album of the Year in DownBeat’s
Protest music is on the rise as it should be. We Insist! Max Roach’s “Freedom Now Suite” (1960), an important collaboration between jazz drummer Max Roach and lyricist Oscar Brown Jr.,
Throughout their short yet prolific career, The Bug Club has undergone many changes. What started as a blues-rock revivalist group has evolved into an artsy indie rock outfit, centered around
It is miraculous how, even after 15 years and 26 albums into their career, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard still maintain an element of surprise. The Australian genre-morphing outfit
Guitarist and vocalist Larry McCray takes the ‘big production’ route for “Heartbreak City.” Just as Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia enlisted the Grammy-nominated producing duo of Joe Bonamassa and Josh
Following up on her acclaimed 2024 debut Image Issues, Brittany Davis‘ new release, Black Thunder, is a freewheeling, jazzy excursion that showcases her strong vocals, insightful lyrics, and the musical interplay of
Grammy-nominated harpist Brandee Younger delivers her third album and first with all-original music for Gadabout Season on Impulse! Known mostly for her interpretations of her forbears on the instrument, Alice
For over a decade, Philadelphia’s Muscle Tough, the self-described “futuristic funk fusion trio” of Ross Bellenoit (guitar), Jonathan Colman (bass), and Joe Baldacci (drums/synth), has been carving out a unique
Even Van Morrison’s most ardent fans weren’t sure he could write songs like several that appear on his 43rd studio album, Remembering Now. It’s like three plus decades of duets,
In the tribal world of metal music, the Danish rockers of Volbeat have carved out a niche by refusing to conform to any of the metal subgenres. Their idiosyncratic sound
