Miles Davis and Robert Glasper
This is some new turf for this writer and probably many of our readers too. Of course, we’ve listened to Miles Davis in his many incarnations from be-bop to hip-hop, … Read more
Album Reviews
Amy Blaschke
Amy Blaschke appears again, less than a year after last October’s Opaline, with another soft ballad compilation, Breaking the Blues. Before I even noted the title, I took a listen … Read more
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow
Time has forever been Carla Bley‘s steady companion and creative muse. Composing and playing from a avant/classical/jazz outlook, time has allowed her ideas to stretch beyond time signatures and musical … Read more
Bill Evans
It’s become almost a cliché to talk about music without boundaries. Nonetheless there may not be a better living example of this than saxophonist Bill Evans. Consider his amazing career … Read more
C.W. Stoneking
Sounding like a lost field recording on a shellac 78 or a secret mid-50s Sun Records session, Gon’ Boogaloo has an undeniably antiquated spirit yet it absolutely jumps with so … Read more
The Struts
The first 40 or 50 seconds of the opening, title cut, with its repetitive riff and cheap-sounding rhymes gave me the queasy feeling that I was about to suffer through … Read more
Paul Simon
“Voice” means very different things, depending on whether it refers to a vocalist or to a writer, but Paul Simon, a leader in both categories for over 50 years, certainly … Read more
Karen Haglof
A country girl at heart, Karen Haglof slips into something more comfortable in “Cowgirl Clothes.” Picking out the first thing in the delightfully messy closet of vintage Americana and rugged, … Read more
Young Mister
A more buoyant or effusive album would be hard to imagine, but given the obvious ambitions shared by Young Mister — or more precisely, the man behind the nom de … Read more
Royal Southern Brotherhood
The old adage “three strikes and you’re out” does not apply here but “try, try again” certainly does, as it seems that Royal Southern Brotherhood has found their best groove … Read more
