With a much buzzed about round of CMJ gigging under their belts, the riotous Melbourne, Australia based psych-punks King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have wasted no time in following … Read more
All photos by Derek Meade The motto for the Jazz Foundation of America is “Saving jazz and blues one musician at a time.” For the past 13 years, the … Read more
Perfectly introducing the listener to the hypnotic, hallucinatory world that The Vacant Lots inhabit, Departures is one hell of a debut record. The album starts with a blast to the … Read more
In case you’ve somehow missed him, Henry Butler is perhaps today’s leading practitioner of classic New Orleans piano, that idiosyncratic blend of jazz, blues, boogie-woogie, Caribbean, R&B and on and … Read more
This talented newcomer’s self-released debut album delivers honest, youthful passion, sultry vocals, and confessional lyrics that reveal both tender, youthful inexperience and surprising maturity. Lael Summer’s style which blends blue-eyed soul, R&B and … Read more
It’s unclear whether James Lee Stanley adopts different personae or he’s just a complicated guy, but many facets of this talented singer/songwriter come to light on this album with the … Read more
In 1989, an impressive collection of soul and blues artists performed at a presidential inauguration concert, which was captured on video and 24-track audio. Why wasn’t it broadcast or released … Read more
When the ArtsQuest Center (Musikfest Café’s home) opened three and a half years ago, a friend and I casually speculated, “Hey, maybe they’ll book Drive-By Truckers.” Prior to this gleaming … Read more
There was an expression of puzzlement on my brow when I opened my copy of Tuscon and saw an inscription to me written on the disco? Was it because I lived … Read more
They’ve spent their years in respective virtuosic backgrounds playing with a round-robin of legends and icons. Now, the time has come for brothers Pete and Tony Levin to come center … Read more
