Over the last eight years, Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett has released three solid full-length albums that showcase her gifts as a musician and lyricist. Whether soft and introspective or fast
In the near fifty-year interim, since Graham Parker announced himself to the world with the magnificent one-two punch of 1976’s Howlin’ Wind and Heat Treatment, he’s never made a bad
The Buffalo instrumental outfit Organ Fairchild’s sophomore release Leisure Suit is a polished slice of feel-good, funk-laced music for getting on down. The upstate New York, jazz veterans, form an
Trumpeter/composer/bandleader/educator Terell Stafford named his album with Victor Lewis’ “Between Two Worlds” but if we were to examine that notion Stafford lives in at least in four different “worlds.” He
It’s been six years since ZZ Ward’s last album, but on Dirty Shine – her first effort on her own label since leaving Hollywood Records – she digs even deeper
In just two albums, Black Market Brass has paved a lane all to their own. The Minneapolis-based collective has mastered the art of syncopation and digests influences on a global
The Chicago quartet’s Sub-Pop debut is a continuation of their early 80’s throwback style as Deeper delivers Careful! From the opening notes of “Build A Bridge” the group dives into
James Blake is an artist with nothing left to prove. He has conquered the world of electronic-influenced pop and mastered the art of songwriting, all while carving his own lane
It has been some time (13 years to be exact) since the tragic passing of Mark Linkous, the mastermind behind the experimental pop-outfit Sparklehorse. Although, his impact feels as palpable
The forward-pushing saxophonist James Brandon Lewis also has a penchant for looking back as we learned with his 2021 poll sweeping Jesup Wagon, which honored the work of George Washington
