Return to Forever
Along with bands that helped define fusion music—Mahavishnu Orchestra, Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters, Larry Coryell’s Seventh House, Weather Report in the late ’70s and ’80s—Return to Forever helped bridge the divide … Read more
Album Reviews
Sxip Shirey
Sxip Shirey is awesome. There’s no other way to put it. He’s worked with (and is a founding member of) the Luminescent Orchestrii. He tours the world composing for and … Read more
Art Pepper
Laurie Pepper, the wife of the late alto saxophonist, Art Pepper, continues to mine the rich vault of material recorded between the 1977- 1982, the last years of the jazz … Read more
Rose Cousins
As quiet and somber as a funeral, but also elegant and profoundly moving, Natural Conclusion— produced with loving care by Joe Henry– is a procession of songs dressed in black … Read more
Gurf Morlix
There’s a dark intimacy to Gurf Morlix’s albums, which, at times, become so spooky and real that you’d swear he’s in the same room with you. And, as you sink … Read more
The Soul of John Black
John Bigham, the force of The Soul of John Black, is back with his sixth album, his first since 2013. Bigham navigates the rhythms and textures of blues and R&B, … Read more
Travis Linville
Long-time Hayes Carll sideman, Travis Linville, steps out as a front man to deliver an album of engaging melodic tunes. The multi-instrumentalist displays his chops on vocals, guitars, lap steel, … Read more
Buck Owens
When Americana aficionados talk about “The Bakersfield Sound,” they mean Buck Owens. Honky Tonk and heartache, twangy guitars and dreamy steel, hillbilly harmonies and pop hooks. Yup, that’s Buck. Together … Read more
Infamous Stringdusters
Laws of Gravity, a title derived from the unique and inspiring solace felt sitting at the ocean’s edge, and an album that tugged the Infamous Stringdusters back to their original … Read more
