Reviews

Jaco Pastorius

Once again Zev Feldman and his team at Resonance have given us a gift. Determined work and numerous negotiations over more than six years have resulted in the entirety of … Read more

Sarah Partridge sings Janis Ian

Jazz vocalist Sarah Partridge was only tinkering with the idea of recording one or two songs written by singer-songwriter Janis Ian, best known for her hits, “At Seventeen” and “Society’s … Read more

Thouars Blues Festival, Thouars, France

Photos by  Janet Venning Thouars is a pleasant albeit undistinguished smallish town about 50km south of one of France’s most loved rivers, the Loire, a tangled, riotous waterway that wriggles … Read more

Chris Potter

On his third ECM release, Christ Potter forays further into the creative well of himself and his sax, giving sway the imagistic and lyrical undertows of the Homer-inspired The Sirens … Read more

Hanneke Cassel

Looking at past titles such as My Joy or Many Happy Returns, you can already suspect that Hanneke Cassel’s songs lean towards brightness and positivity. It’s rare to see her … Read more

The Record Company

Photos by Lou Montesano When The Record Company released its debut album, Give It Back To You, in February 2016, the rock gods were pleased. Their first single, “Off The Ground,” … Read more

Kevin Eubanks

  Since his 18-year tenure as the guitarist and music director of The Tonight Show Band, which ended in 2010, Philadelphia-born guitarist, composer Kevin Eubanks has been busy releasing projects and building an inventive … Read more

Laura Tate

Dallas-born and raised singer and actress Laura Tate called in top notch Los Angeles session musicians, for this, her fourth album. Tate has spent time in New York and Nashville … Read more

Paul Childers

Despite the provocative title, Paul Childers’ Naked Poetry provides a fairly unassuming debut, one that’s filled with unabashedly easy listening melodies akin to John Mayer’s earlier efforts… before Mayer found … Read more

Peter Rowan

Well, this is a genuine surprise, though why anyone should be surprised by any change of musical direction from Peter Rowan is anyone’s guess in reality. For decades Rowan has … Read more