Sometimes when all the creative stars align just right, a song written and performed by two beloved, multi-talented veteran artists meets...

In a socio-politically charged year when our understanding of African American history has been in the spotlight and challenged like few ...

The Biblical expression “To every thing there is a season” is a spot-on way to dive into Fifth Season, the remarkable experimental/improv...

The release of Hazar’s latest album Reincarnated would serve as a glorious and transcendent, gently swaying yet rhythmically explosive in...

The pandemic has been a hindrance to a lot of musical traditions we’re used to, but thankfully, it can’t stop the release of grand holida...

New England based trumpeter/composer Douglas Olsen is one of those highly accomplished musical forces who’s been biding his time behind t...

True to its whimsical title, Bucket List, the first ever project by the Jim Waller Big Band, finds the veteran composer/arranger and mult...

The vibe of Alberta & The Dead Eyes – a Detroit based collective created around the edgy and raw, gritty yet ethereal music of David A. B...

When songwriters are faced with an unthinkable loss, their muse can lead them to either write tunes expressing a further sinking into hop...

In my review of Ada Bird Wolfe’s emotionally stirring, critically acclaimed 2018 debut Birdie, I mentioned that the collection grew out o...

At a time when jazz fans are becoming increasingly despondent about any imminent return of live music, veteran pianist (and longtime Artu...

In a recent interview with American Songwriter, the dream/pop leaning Darren Jesssee – discussing his second solo project Remover, fashio...

As your ears get a blast of the wayward scorch and transcendent blistering energies of The Wild Stares’ latest album Automatic Writing Ma...

It’s always inspiring when a beloved artist develops an intense interest in an exotic new instrument and shares the wealth of that passio...

The unusual, provocative title of Undeaf, the richly atmospheric, tenderly ethereal debut album by soulful, dreamy voiced singer-songwrit...

At a fraught and anxiety ridden juncture like 2020, nothing soothes the nostalgic soul like a revisit to the vibe of the synth-happy 80s....

During difficult, challenging and anxiety ridden times – the numbers 2020 start flashing not too subliminally here – there’s no greater t...

In reflecting upon music created by innovative composers and artists who venture off the beaten path, it’s almost become a cliché to use ...

Nigerian born, Los Angeles based vocal jazz virtuoso Douyé,- whose professional moniker is as singular, unique and coolly exotic as her e...

Don’t let the wistful title or the impressionistic cover painting give you the wrong impression. And Then It Rained by the newly formed B...