Gabriel Yared’s score for The English Patient doesn’t simply accompany the film, it is the film, just in sound. Woven into the very architecture of Anthony Minghella’s cinematic vision, the
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis and his longstanding quartet take a thought-provoking approach to their Blue Note Records debut, Belonging. Their first long-player since 2019 is a full-album interpretation of Keith Jarrett’s 1974
Lucy Dacus’ fourth album Forever Is A Feeling – and first since her supergroup boygenius went on indefinite hiatus – does a brilliant job of blending lush arrangements into her
While self-serious post-grunge and nu-metal bands dominated the rock scene in 2003, UK rockers The Darkness burst onto the scene with a glam rock revival that featured theatrical performances, flamboyant
Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Jefferson Ross dedicated each song on his brilliant 2022 Southern Comfort to one of the South’s eleven states. Ross has emerged three years later with an even more eclectic
Pug Johnson grew up just 30 minutes away from the Louisiana border in Beaumont, Texas, and it’s clear listening to his latest record, El Cabron, that much of that Cajun
We’ve all heard, and some maybe even experienced, the pressures of releasing a debut album. If done correctly, a debut can form cult-like fans, draw the eyes of critics, and
Destroyer, the vehicle for singer/songwriter Dan Bejar, has never been short of ambitious experimentation. The artist’s thirst for breaking the mold has led to some memorable moments throughout his thirty-year
Janiva Magness is not only among the top blues vocalists but also an uncompromising song archeologist. She digs deeper than most song interpreters, realizing that she has to see herself
The Small Kingdoms is, by all appearances, one person: Darren Guyaz. However, listening to the debut album of Who I Am, which labels itself “chamber pop,” one could be forgiven
