Kenny Garrett
Detroit-born Kenny Garrett is a traditional jazz musician who likes to stretch the envelope. He understands that most audiences want to groove, want to dance and don’t mind hearing a … Read more
Album Reviews
Michika Fukumori
Quality Time, Michika Fukumori‘s second disc as a session leader, (Infinite Thoughts, 2014), opens light and lyrically with a Jule Styne’s perfect “Make Someone Happy,” immediately setting the tone for this … Read more
Eric Krasno
For nearly two decades, Eric Krasno has made his bones as a musician, songwriter and producer across the rock, soul and jazz spectrum. His latest solo release, Blood From A Stone, … Read more
Hazmat Modine
Hazmat Modine’s latest release, Extra-Deluxe-Supreme, breaks new ground by combining musical styles both American and world. Eclecticism is their modus operandi. In addition to their signature sounds of tuba, harmonica, … Read more
Kacy & Clayton
It’s hard to pick a side with the duo of Kacy & Clayton, their alluring and rustic Strange Country album inhabiting a beautiful, haunted past and spinning timeless tales of … Read more
Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders
More than 20 years after Jerry Garcia’s death, the vaults remain filled with enough unreleased live material to keep multiple archivists busy. Dick’s Picks, Road Trips and Dead Downloads meet the need of Dead Heads … Read more
Matt Haeck
Matt Haeck has made an extraordinary album. If in fact it is, as its title suggests, his debut, it’s that much more remarkable, because artists generally don’t display this kind … Read more
Red Dirt Skinners
The fourth studio album from the Red Dirt Skinners, an English husband and wife duo featuring Rob Skinner on guitar and his partner Sarah on Soprano Sax, is a welcome … Read more
The Bangles
There’s no need for introductions, although these Bangles don’t come off quite so sweet and innocent. Punks at heart, who clearly adored ‘60s pop and harbored a crush on garage-rock … Read more
Sara Watkins
Since the release of Sara Watkins’ last solo disc, Sun Midnight Sun in 2012, the famed fiddler, singer and songwriter, reunited with her longtime band Nickel Creek, went on tour, guest-hosted … Read more
