Archive: 2021

Montreal-based indie psych-rockers The Besnard Lakes are back with their new album, The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings, after a five-year break. The album title may sound pretentious but is in line with past albums like their sophomore release The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse and the 2010 follow-up […]

Two jazz giants of two generations have come together for a collaborative project. Let My People Go, a duo recording by saxophonist Archie Shepp and pianist Jason Moran, compiled from a series of duet performances from 2017 and 2018. The 83-year-old Shepp has been a force in the jazz world for six decades. A collaborator […]

It’s been over 20 years since the introduction of online slot games, and ever since that time, we have seen the introductions of many themed games. But there is always a category that resonates with the players, music. There are all types of music for every single emotion you can have in a single. While […]

The album Snakes and Birds marks an incredible artistic achievement for Deca, the New York-based emcee, producer, and visual artist who continues to push the boundaries of his own creativity. Conceptually, this album couldn’t feel more relevant as it guides the listener through paranoia, inner turmoil, and varying emotions associated with our world mid-pandemic. But there […]

Check out the smooth and stylish new single “Majic” (below) from DJ ZID and hip-hop artist Boog Brown. With old school appeal, Boog Brown flows with tangible character and confident cadence, bringing us back to the golden age of hip-hop. Flavored by an unobtrusive groove laced with colorful keyboard twinklings amidst a steady backbeat, DJ […]

The density of content in Seth Walker’s hard/softcover book Your Van Is On Fire belies its page count and dimensions. In fact, presented in slightly less than a hundred pages and 6” x9” size, this heady combination of prose, poetry, and graphics imprints a positive spin to its title, as in ‘that guitarist is ON […]

Originally available on Netflix in 2019, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese is now available on both DVD and Blu-Ray through The Criterion Collection. Most prominent among the usual assortment of bonus features in this ‘Director’s Cut’—digital restoration, trailer, 5.1 Surround Sound– is additional performance footage from the mythic 1975 tour, […]

Vancouver based Vox Rea is sisters Kate Kurdyak and Lauren Kurdyak with Kaitlyn Hansen-Boucher, and Mitchell Schaumberg. Kate and Lauren lean on their classical background, featuring violin and piano respectively. Kaitlyn is an accomplished vocalist and all three of the women grew up singing in choirs together. Check out the sunny new single “Reset” (below) from Vox Rea. A swaying melody rests over fluttering vocal harmonies while […]

Austrian indie-pop duo Leyya has released two albums and toured some 30 countries, playing diverse festivals like Benicassim, PrimaveraSound, Iceland Airwaves, SXSW and Reeperbahn Festival. Glide is happy to share the sparkling new single “I’m Not Sure” from Leyya. With hypnotic and unique vocal musing, Sophie Lindinger croons over a cool, wonky and psychedelic instrumental, bathing in low-end bliss […]

The Little Things is 2021’s best 1990’s thriller.

Grab the holy water…you’re gonna need it.

Cinematic singer-songwriter Rosan Sashida, who releases music under the band moniker Rosk, has formerly realized her musical visions through working with producers, and a trusted group of musicians. Within this creative format, she’s issued a stream of singles and an EP. Yet, being subject to other musician’s schedules and availability has always hampered her output […]

Memphis-based band Lucero have managed to draw in influences from Punk, Classic Soul, Folk and Country throughout their 20-plus year career. So, it seems only natural that they throw another genre into the mix on this, their 10th studio LP. On When You Found Me, singer songwriter Ben Nichols and the band stated they were […]

Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Ben Rice is one of those rare voices that references exceptional voices from years past, while earning nods as a must-hear singer-songwriter in today’s world of Isbell, Stapleton, and Carlile.  Rice’s forthcoming album Future Pretend is due February 19, 2021 and Glide is premiering the video for the radio-ready “One and Only.” Rice […]

When COVID-19 hit, musicians had to figure out what to do with themselves. After all, what is one to do when bands are not allowed to gather or tour? For Ghalia Volt, the answer was simple: become a one-woman band. While her previous albums were with a band, performing solo was not foreign to her […]

Heightened senses strengthen communication. Receptive to even the most subtle internal and external stimuli, Amersterdam based songstress Nina June leans into acute sensitivity as a lyricist and embraces expansive scope as a sonic auteur. On her forthcoming EP, the Amsterdam-based singer and songwriter layers plainspoken emotion over multi-dimensional soundscapes steeped in strings, keys, guitar, and […]

In 2020 one of the most active musicians from a recording standpoint was NEA Jazz Master saxophonist Dave Liebman, which this writer covered at least four times, twice on these pages. In fact, this effort, Invitation, was originally slated for a 2020 release but was pushed back given last October’s Liebman Lovano co-led Kaleidoscope Quintet […]

London based Charlotte de Graaf and WchiWa have combined forces, blending R&B elements, with pop and jazzy Cinematic music. They are sure to take you on a journey through seasons and emotions, on a wave between real and fantastic, old and new. Check out the smooth and sensual new single, “The Real Thing” (below) from WchiWa and Charlotte de Graaf. An […]