
James Brandon Lewis Trio Debuts Their Funky Jazz Odyssey, “Say What”
It’s nothing short of a damn shame that all too often, people dismiss jazz. Like poetry class in middle school, broad claims abound: “I just don’t get it,” or, … Read more
It’s nothing short of a damn shame that all too often, people dismiss jazz. Like poetry class in middle school, broad claims abound: “I just don’t get it,” or, … Read more
Four-piece Jersey band Levy & The Oaks are taking all their individual talents in separate genres — folk and pop included — and pooling them together to devise an exotic … Read more
“As this music is born, I am flying free,” singer/songwriter Essence Goldman says of her summer release, Black Wings. Goldman is sixth-generation San Franciscan, raised and encouraged in her artistic … Read more
What happens when the younger generation of a family band grows up and leaves the nest? In the case of siblings Phil and Laura Stancil, who grew up playing with … Read more
The “I’ll do and say what I want” tone that many alt-country rockers have in their music is very strong here on Vandoliers’ debut album, Ameria-Kinda. It’s actually hard to … Read more
October 21st will mark the sophomore release from Nashville’s Maradeen. Above the Horizon, produced by Moon Taxi’s Wes Bailey, is comprised of ten tracks that are all over the map. … Read more
Experimental music and performance art ensemble, Cyphered Threads, weren’t content to make an album about love, loss, family, friends—the typical topics. Not even close. For their upcoming LP, Human Observations … Read more
Blues fans all felt a little, well, blue when Mike Zito announced that he was leaving the heavy-hitting supergroup, Royal Southern Brotherhood, but now that he’s announced his second solo … Read more
If a couple that creates together stays together, then Mel and Mike Muscarella have a lifetime of love ahead of them. In 2007, the newlyweds formed Violet Mary, and almost … Read more
Nashville based four-piece, the Voodoo Fix, has a message for us listeners on their new, barn-burning blues-rock single: “you’ve got to find what you love, and let it kill you,” … Read more