Archive: 2020

Jupiter Conjunct is saxophonist/composer Aaron Burnett & The Big Machine follow-up to 2019’s acclaimed Anomaly, this time moving into the extra-terrestrial as many jazz forbears such as Sun Ra, John and Alice Coltrane, Pharaoh Sanders, and Lonnie Liston Smith, among others have done. We do have modern-day purveyors too such as The Comet Is Coming.  […]

It should perhaps come as no surprise that the two preeminent jazz pianists of our time have both released albums based on their quarantine during the COVID19 pandemic. Brad Mehldau’s Suite: April 2020  is something of a tabula rasa of the brilliant musician’s original material upon which he tacitly encourages listeners to project their own […]

With acclaimed tenor saxophonist/ EWI player Bob Mintzer doubling as a member of the four decades standing Yellow Jackets (of which he is a three decade member) and as conductor of the superb WDR Big Band of Cologne, Germany since 2016, there was perhaps an inevitability of this recording. We have seen Mintzer expand the […]

Suad’s background consists of years of working with a variety of domestic and international bands and projects. Working on her solo career has been a slow trek towards the debut album, a long journey through various experiments to find her voice as a composer and musician. “I’ve been in many bands that at first I didn’t […]

Portland’s indie-rock outfit Typhoon make a surprise return with their new single & video “Welcome to the Endgame”. The band’s frontman Kyle Morton, who penned the track, shared this message alongside the video: “Strange times are becoming normal. Try to resist that. Vote. Take part in the politics of responsibility. Remember that being good is […]

Steve Hackett will be releasing his new acoustic album Under A Mediterranean Sky on 22nd January 2021 as a Limited CD Digipak, Gatefold 2LP + CD + LP-booklet and Digital Album via InsideOut Music. Under A Mediterranean Sky is Steve Hackett’s first acoustic solo album since Tribute in 2008 and takes inspiration from Steve’s extensive […]

When a global pandemic brought the world to a halt in 2020, Andrew Leahey got creative. He launched a weekly livestream concert series, “Andrew Leahey: Live & Online,” from his living room, playing to thousands of viewers every Thursday night and earning a spot in Pollstar’s Livestream chart. He also played lead guitar on Elizabeth […]

There is something unmistakably optimistic evolving around the Danish artist Josa Barck. This optimism manifests itself in the lyrics and the dreamy soundscapes Barck creates. An entire universe engulfed in an essential underlying trust in the future without losing sight of the beauty of the present. With an extraordinary musicality, he demonstrates with joy and ability […]

Singer-songwriter Robert Connely Farr grew up in the small southern town of Bolton, Mississippi, home of Charley Patton & The Mississippi Sheiks. He has been mentored in the Bentonia Style of the Delta Blues by Jimmy “Duck” Holmes since 2017. His release “Dirty South Blues” was met with critical acclaim, including being named one of […]

Slotting at festivals from southern Appalachia to the New England coast, The Pinkerton Raid pushes the borders of garage, blues, retro soul and indie rock, creating a soundtrack that works as well for dreaming on a barstool as marching in the streets. “We want to make you feel, think and move your body all at […]

In this year of Charlie Parker’s Centennial there have been multiple events, tribute recordings and various nods to the iconic “Bird” a as he is most popularly known. Craft Recordings now releases the compact disc edition of The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection, which spotlights Charlie Parker’s groundbreaking bebop sessions for the legendary jazz label (spanning 1944 to […]

King Khan has shared the video for “Wait Till The Stars Burn,” a highlight from his first-ever jazz album The Infinite Ones (out now via Khannibalism / Ernest Jenning Record Co.).The album features contributions from Marshall Allen and Knoel Scott (Sun Ra Arkestra) and John Convertino and Martin Wenk (Calexico), among many others. See below for the full list of featured musicians. Watch the video below.. Made as […]

Alex Maas of The Black Angels recently announced his mesmerizing and soul-bearing solo debut, Luca (out 12/4), and today he shares a new single off of the forthcoming record. “American Conquest” is a trance-inducing journey that focuses on issues close to home, like the horrific shootings ravaging the country in recent years. “So many people eat hatred and feed […]

The Austin-based funk and soul band Honey Made follows up their recent EP, Couple Few, with their debut studio full length album Brand New. For Honey Made, the new album is an ode to looking forward, finding that newness in life that can make it so interesting, from love, to a journey, to a new […]

Nashville-based indie-folk artist Melissa Erin is getting ready to release a series of new singles, emblematic of her move to Music City, where she’s assembled a tribe of like-minded troubadours to embolden her already grounded and stirring folk acumen. Her songwriting partner and co-rambler, Phil Anthony, enlisted GRAMMY-winning recording engineer, Brandon Bell (The High Women, Blackberry […]

Music means different things to different people. One has to admire Robert Hunter- lyricist for the Grateful Dead, who would often speak to his lyrics meaning what they do to the listener, somewhat implying that his intentions were esoteric or moot. This leaves much room for interpretation, creativity, and reflection.  The truth is music is […]

Born and raised on Minneapolis’s northside, Luke LeBlanc grew up listening to a wide variety of music, young and old, from Bob Dylan and The Band, to John Prine, to The Wallflowers and The Avett Brothers. Now 25, LeBlanc who taught himself how to play guitar at 11 years old and decided to write his […]