Alexis P. Suter and the Ministers of Sound (AMOS)
This might be the first time, in the hundreds of reviews I’ve written, that I was present for the whole live performance, enabling me to give a first-hand perspective. Yes, … Read more
Album Reviews
The Bombadils
Sarah Frank and Luke Fraser started out as fellow students training classically at university, then became friends once they realized their common love for folk music, and have since married … Read more
The Youngest
Turbulent and torrent times call for artistic endeavors that are soothing and familiar. Answering this siren call in an ever-prescient sense, is the Youngest with See It Through, a triumphant … Read more
Lindsey Webster
Truth be told, discs like In A Silent Way, Impressions, Jazz Goes To College, Underground Music, Brilliant Corners, Ah-Uhm, etc are never far from reach. Nor is the sustained genius … Read more
Gillian Welch
The latest– indeed, first for a few years– release from Appalachian country-Americana singer/songwriter Welch, this is well over an hour of top-dollar stuff. Welch and partner Dave Rawlings have turned … Read more
Marcello Pellitteri
Infused in most of John Coltrane’s totemic accomplishments was a purer sense of searching, for connection, for spirituality. I sense that same spiritual charge here in the shifting music of … Read more
Sun Ra and His Arkestra
This may be the most welcome surprise of the year. Sun Ra and his legendary bands were avant-garde before people heard of the term. They were both modal and electronic … Read more
Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
It’s hard to say just how many Elvis Presley albums have been released after he passed away in 1977. Between lost recordings, remasters, live albums, various takes of the same … Read more
Various Artists
Songwriters Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham have been described as a “two man soul hit factory.” At Muscle Shoals’ legendary FAME studio, Penn and Oldham helped artists like Aretha Franklin … Read more
