In an early 2020 interview with his hometown outlet Create Birmingham, veteran drummer, guitarist and singer/songwriter Les Nuby explaine...

The credits of Please Leave Your Light On, the starkly and subtlely arranged, deeply heartfelt and impactful vocal-piano collaboration by...

In lieu of detailed liner notes, the CD insert of Move On!, the fun-spirited yet heavy, funkadelic delight of a debut by the B-3 organ tr...

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There it is, embedded in Mark Stryker’s illuminating liner notes to Susan Tobocman’s heartfelt, swinging, bossa-tinged latest album Touch...

Life has a way of changing one’s perspective on its constant onslaught of challenging times. At the somewhat tongue and cheek start of my...

Anyone wanting to hear what angels on earth truly sound like has had an easy time of it with the explosion of classical crossover/operati...

America and the world have been through a lot of emotional upheaval since I first reviewed Vicious Rooster’s infectious, delightfully jan...

Just a little over two years since Rebecca “DawgGoneDavis” first took the world (and the World and Euro Indie charts) by storm with her q...

There’s something powerful and inspiring about an independent artist who pursues her passion and finds widespread success on her own term...

When it comes to enduring musical legacies, it’s always inspiring when the melodic, grooving evergreen apples drop so close to the tree. ...

Growing up in Houston, Chelsey Green has fond memories of coming home from her classical violin lessons and hearing influential jazz funk...

When Ted Cline uses the phrase “Country Music Done Right” to describe his engaging vibe, the Kansas City area-based singer/songwriter isn...

Sometimes reaching for the perfect adjective to capture the impact of a personally soul transporting album can be tricky, so often the te...

Cole Porter was born in Indiana, but decades after his passing, the stunning blend of romance and wit he brought to his songs for Broadwa...

Sometimes – and often when we need it most – the most soothing and beautiful new age music can be not only meditational, but deeply educa...

Wendy Moten may have launched her career as a pop/R&B artist and taken cool detours into jazz throughout her fascinating career, but her ...

The year 2020 is not yet half over, but between COVID-19 and the global protests for systemic change in the wake of the murder of George ...

History’s greatest jazz recordings have always been those that meet the moment, using music and improvisation to reflect history, explore...

In my 2018 review of Blood, violin maestro Jason Kao Hwang’s adventurous avant-garde collection spotlighting his octet of Chinese and Wes...