Having just seen the exciting jazz-funk-dance collective Mwenso & The Shakes open this year’s Newport Jazz Festival, it’s fair to say that a recording will only do partial justice to
[rating=7.00] It’s a funny thing, evil. That which humans have attributed to any many of ghost, demon, or specter since humans have had the capability of attributing things to anything
[rating=9.00] The deeper we get into this new era of humanity the more things change. We’ve long since lost touch with the natural rhythms of the world, moving, instead, to
When you think about bands that have been around for multiple decades, The Hickoids is probably not the first band that comes to mind. However, this is a band that
There’s that scene in Batman Begins, where Liam Neeson tells Bruce Wayne, “If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, and if
Love the Moment with Oscar Hernández and Alma Libre is an ensemble recording by the bandleader of the three-time GRAMMY® Winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra. One of the true giants of Latin jazz, the
Not a lot of people showed up on August 14, 2019, in Hermosa Beach for the DJ Williams’ Shots Fired show. That is a shame, because the band put on
This writer has two impressions of rising saxophonist Ben Flocks. The visual impression is a barefoot, casually clad Flocks bouncing around the stage with his playful bandmates in Sammy Miller
The name of the tour says it all and John Fogerty’s ‘My 50 Year Trip’ tour leaves no stone unturned with a lively two-hour set that celebrates his tenure with
Over the past few years, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors have gradually assumed the role of populist troubadours, a fan-friendly ensemble that cultivates good vibes and a catalog of unimposing
