Musicians Who Have Made A Name For Themselves In The Casino Industry
Can you imagine walking into a busy casino with bright, glittering lights, fancy felted tables, and colors popping everywhere, but without music? You probably cannot because, for a long time, music and casinos have gone hand in hand. Other than the chime of slot machines and the clink of chips, some music often plays in […]
Deep Friday Blues: Junior Wells Radiates Stylish Edge With “Hoodoman Blues”
In a performance just shy of three and a half-minutes, Junior Wells fully demonstrates why he’s held in such high regard as a progenitor of blues music at its most stylish and deeply felt. “Hoodoo Man Blues” is also the title of his debut album–which contains his most famous tune, “Messin’ With The Kid”–and that may explain why […]
SONG PREMIERE: Lily Talmers Conjures an Ode to Persistence with Intimate, Worldly Folk on “I Missed You Today”
Lily Talmers is the band leader for the new age of Americana — her Midwestern-accented and poetically inclined melodies are informed by Greek, Lusophone and classical music, taking you on a unique journey into Lily’s strange intervallic insides, bursting with lyricism coated in intimacy and refined wit. Musically, Lily calls to mind heady 60’s folk […]
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Golden Age Thursday: Jungle Brothers’ Relentless Passion Radiates On Live 1989 Clip
Thirty-five years ago today (November 7, 1989), the iconic Hip-hop group Jungle Brothers released their landmark sophomore LP, Done By the Forces of Nature. This release aligns with the rest of the group’s innovative career, for which we have much to thank Jungle Brothers. The group is credited for creating the legendary Native Tongues movement […]
Davy Knowles Propels Weighty Riffs On Heartfelt ‘The Invisible Man’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The dominant blue color scheme of the cover of Davy Knowles’ The Invisible Man is similar to that of his prior album. The two records are companion pieces of a sort, but whereas 2021’s What Happens Next consolidated the Isle of Man native’s essential songwriting and performing talents, the long-player fell woefully short in exhibiting the former Back Door […]
The Bad Plus Offer Rock Infused, Fusion Embracing Genre Mash On ‘Complex Emotions’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Seldom has a band so radically reformed itself as did The Bad Plus in 2022. The piano trio format was replaced by adding saxophonist Chris Speed and guitarist Ben Monder to the co-founding bass-drum tandem of Reid Anderson and Dave King. While the press materials and the co-founders argue that the core principles of the […]
ECM Issues Second Volume of Keith Jarrett’s Only Trio Date With Paul Motian/Gary Peacock On ‘The Old Country – More from the Deer Head Inn’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The Deer Head Inn, in the unlikely locale of the Delaware Water Gap in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, is America’s oldest continuously running jazz club, presenting live music since 1950. It’s a relatively easy destination from New York City, straight out on Interstate 80. One can see national acts in the intimate room that […]
The Mommyheads Dazzle With Experimental Pop Prowess On ‘One Eyed Band’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Whether you realize it or not, The Mommyheads have been reinvigorating American music from the hollow halls of its underground. The prolific and storied act has released seven albums in the last six years, ranging from complex concept LPs to outings that harken back to their roots. Their refreshing approach is limitless, allowing The Mommyheads […]
SONG PREMIERE: Jon22 Offers Dreamy Folk-rock Reflection on “Six Of Cups”
Jon Berman—known by many under his chosen moniker Jon22—brings his debut album Muse out into the world on November 22nd. Given how important transparency has become to discerning listeners, he could have picked a better title. Something like My First Rodeo would’ve worked, given how this is Berman’s promising debut and he readily admits there’s […]