Rating: B The nature of folklore is change. That’s the first (and, really, only) rule that should be understood when going into Candyman, director Nia DaCosta’s sequel to/reboot of the
Like many albums from the last year, Screen Violence was heavily influenced and affected by the global pandemic. The fourth album from Glasgow synth-pop band CHVRCHES was created in fragments,
John Cena and Lil Rel Howery elevate a stale script into something almost charming.
Robert Ellis Orrall’s latest record – and first in almost a decade – draws its origins from his own Infinity Cat Recordings, the quirky, solidly impressive Nashville-based indie label that
Within a minute of listening to the opening track off of Seth James’ latest, Different Hat, there are hints that Delbert McClinton was a big musical influence; “Mamarita” begins with
Before you read this, take everything you’ve heard about the Asheville, NC music scene and chuck it out the window. Throw it hard, maybe let it clip the head of
Legendary drummer Andrew Cyrille released his ECM debut as a leader in 2016, when he was 76, marking a kind of late-career renaissance. That spacious, highly acclaimed in-the-mold-of ECM album, The
Steve Gunn has played all sorts of music, from experimental jazz to noise-punk to country-tinged folk to Delta blues. On his sixth studio release, Other You, Gunn sticks to one
Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand grew up playing contra dance music (a type of folk dance) with their mother in upstate New York. Their band Great Bear toured the country for
This writer is still basking in Kenny Garrett’s roof-raising, entertaining, rousing set at the 2021 Newport Jazz Festival just a few weeks ago. In that stirring performance, he unveiled much of this
