[rating=8.00] Brooklyn-based composer-saxophonist Marcus Strickland is part of the new vanguard of contemporary jazzmen like Robert Glasper and Kamasi Washington, intersecting jazz with contemporary music and production techniques to deliver
On Friday, November 9, Memphis rockers Lucero played The Warfield in San Francisco, a beautiful old theater with a capacity of 2,300. That’s why it seemed like an odd booking
Typically the Franklin Music Hall (formerly the Electric Factory) hosts jam bands, heavy metal bands, and cover bands, certainly not jazz artists. Kamasi Washington and his septet are different. They
[rating=10.00] Last year’s re-release of Sgt Pepper proved that there’s ample interest in reexamining a Beatles masterpiece and uncovering the outtakes, seminal efforts and experiments that went into ratcheting up
St. Lucia is the synth-pop music group led by Jean-Philip Grobler. St. Lucia not only has a new album Hyperion out, but they have a new addition to the family. Grobler and bandmate
The powerful and energetic rock band from Wales, The Joy Formidable, released their fourth album, AAARTH, this past September. The album title comes from arth, the Welsh word for bear
Tyler Childers and his band came onstage before their scheduled time on Monday, November 5 at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon and played what’s likely his most widely known
During the summer of 1998, Lucinda Williams released her fifth album, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. The album, which was six turbulent years in the making, was a critical
[rating=9.00] Stone Mecca is a Dallas artist who has worked as RZA’s musical director and bandleader. Alienman might sound like the title of a new Ace Frehley album, but it’s something
This three-CD Ben Sidran set is not only special but it’s a limited edition with only 3,000 sets manufactured. We start there to head off any procrastination. Co-producer Zev Feldman
