In Heavy Rotation: Roots & Blues
Rounding up a quartet of must-hear recent releases: NORMAN BLAKE, Day by Day; MARK O'CONNOR, Markology II; MIKE…
Category: Reviews
Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing
Herein a dozen smokey, sensuous and often ambivalent discourses on love and passion delivered with the breathy tenderness…
In Heavy Rotation: Blues
A potpourri of recent blues albums worthy of attention. Behold the diversity and soulfuness of what's being wrought…
The Mad Scientist Deep in Experimentation
'Good, not great,' says our DHRISTOPHER WALSH in in his deep dive into Sir Paul McCartney's McCARTNEY III,…
To Shine Is Why You Came
VALERIE JUNE seems to have stepped out of some sort of enchanted forest, spreading powerfully delivered but gentle-spirited…
Worthy of It All
Twelve Grammy Awards and 23 GMA Awards into her towering career, CECE WINANS returns with her first non-holiday…
A Quiet Storm of Guitar Mastery
Guitarists LARRY NEWCOMB, with his son JAKE on bass, and DAVE STRYKER lead their combos on scintillating jazz-oriented…
A Fresh Perspective on the ‘African Mahler’
CATALYST QUARTET, a young American ensemble, explores the chamber music of SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, works whose sophistication belies their…
Considering Historical Conflict & Conflicted History
JASON RINGENBERG offers a reckoning with history on his 18th solo album, RHINESTONED, featuring the Freedom Riders, Crazy…
Music Connecting People, Wherever They May Be
BILLY ALTMAN on the FOLK ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL UNLOCKED FESTIVAL: 'a week of discovery of a lot of worthwhile…