[rating=8.00] As the title of her fine fourth album suggests, Kat Edmonson is indeed an old-fashioned girl. A superb singer drawn to songs that sound as if they’re of the
Long before Kendrick, Kanye, Drake, and Nicki Minaj, a formidable and influential hip-hop duo, Erik B. and Rakim, were among those significant predecessors whose originality, style, and content helped create
On Sunday, Jazz Fest 2018, Weekend 1, closed it’s curtains and said goodnight the only way they know how: by having the right artists get down, get funky, get bluesy
Ron Artis II’s evening performance at Portland, Oregon’s Star Theater on Sunday, April 22 capped a busy weekend for the soulful blues singer and guitarist. He’d already talked and performed
[rating=8.00] J. Cole speaks to his generation on his new album KOD Which stands for “Kids on Drugs,” “King Overdose,” and “Kill Our Demons.” KOD couldn’t hold better significance than
[rating=8.00] Arkansas Dave has some swag. His stage name alone tells you that. This is Dave Pennington, Austin-based blues singer-songwriter’s debut, recorded at the legendary FAME in Muscle Shoals, AL
[rating=8.00] Few artists can take on multiple genres within an album and expect solid results. Joe Goldmark is one of those few. Perhaps it’s because the Bay Area favorite splits
“This is Jazz Fest – it doesn’t get much better than this!” So were the words of a music fan as she made her way towards the main Acura Stage,
Listen up, Jazz Fest Day 2, you’ve got a lot of work ahead of you – because Day 1 is going to be hard to beat. For an opening day,
Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real just completed what seems like the unthinkable from their perspective. They took two weeks off. The band has logged enough miles to match
