Blending rock, folk, soul and jazz, NYC outfit Elk City have garnered something of a cult following that started back in the early 1990s and hasn’t used its safe word
The debate about the value and quality of “lost” jazz albums in recent years rages on. This writer has covered John Coltrane’s Both Directions at Once (1963), Mingus Live in
There’s no way that master conguero Poncho Sanchez knew that a recently discovered, unreleased John Coltrane album would hit the streets on the same day of his tribute to the
The second annual Sea.Hear.Now Festival was held on the beach in Asbury Park this weekend and although the lineup, weather and setting were ideal, the festival came up a little
Bright Dog Red (BDR) is an improvising collective from Albany, NY that fuses free improvisation, electronica, jazz, hip hop, psychedelia, noise, and whatever else strikes their fancy. This is their
Phantom Planet’s 1998 debut album is titled Phantom Planet Is Missing and as a band on a nearly decade long hiatus, they largely have been missing since 2009. Sure all the band members have
The formula that has made Brandon Decker one of the most prolific, earnest and energetic frontmen in indie rock is pretty straightforward. “The whole journey of an artist is full
How people choose to navigate through life’s highs and lows reveals a lot about their personal character, not to mention what they’re willing to do in order to get to
Joseph is a band of three sisters from Portland, Oregon, whose new album Good Luck, Kid (ATO Records) has garnered critical acclaim from a variety of media outlets and whose
As we mourn the recent unexpected passing of Robert Hunter at 78, one of the greatest lyrical minds of all time, hundreds of words and passages from the poet come
