Bound Together in the Spirit of Cultural Exchange
On DUSTY ROAD, KLEZMER-ISH explores music of immigrants from various cultural backgrounds who left their homelands in search of a different and better life.
David McGee
Guitar Majesty
A set of delightfully evocative pieces for guitar duos composed by KEMAL BELEVI comprises a fine new album by DUO TANDEM, incisively reviewed by ROBERT HUGILL
Musical Wings to Transport the Soul
Considering the transportive effects of music, especially during a pandemic.
Familiar, Fresh & True to the Human Experience
On a most impressive debut, JOHNNY & THE MONGRELS leap immediately into the front ranks of chicken-fried southern soul and swamp-rock on CREOLE SKIES.
Bringing a Giant’s Music Ministry to a New Generation
When Grammy winning gospel artist MYRON BUTLER decided to honor the songs of the towering ANDRAE' CROUCH, he wound up, in MY TRIBUTE, with one of the most moving albums of the year. Interview by BOB MAROVICH .
Blues Built to Last
Chicago blues masters BOB CORRITORE and JOHN PRIMER have delivered blues built to last on THE GYPSY WOMAN TOLD ME, containing performances every bit as classic as the cover art by VINCE RAY.
Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks
Outstanding new gospel outpourings reviewed, from MYRON BUTLER, MALI MUSIC, INSTRUMENTS OF MUSICK, NASHVILLE LIFE MUSIC, ALL NATIONS MUSIC, THE ANOINTED CENTRAL KENTUCKY MASS CHOIR and DAVID BILLINGSLEY
Manhu: Last Guardians of an Ancient Tradition
MANHU, a quintet from the Yunnan province in Southwest China, are guardians of an ancient but living musical tradition. In the scintillating VOICES OF THE SANI, they offer unique insight into the music of the vanishing Sani culture.
An Influential Recording Returns, And Then Some
Under the direction of JOHN RUTTER, the CAMBRIDGE SINGERS bring fresh vitality to works by SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD and HERBERT HOWELLS in an expanded reissue of a 1992 classic, STANFORD AND HOWELLS REMEMBERED.
The Bookman in Zoomland
JULES welcomes a guest post by DEAN SCHNEIDER, a veteran teacher at Nashville, TN's Ensworth School. Herein Mr. Schneider reveals his plan for a history course he'll be teaching this year--one that recognizes the temper of the times.