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

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

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

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...

If you’re a blues buff and feel like you need a refresher/primer on the genre’s rich 150 year history in America, you could thumb through...

Argentine born saxophone maestro Julio Botti has been delighting in the fruitful rhythmic and romantic exultations of his country’s...

Were a sane review with reasonably working ears to write a spot-on review of the wild, percussive guitar, sax and vocal blasts and...

If it’s true what the proverbial “they” say, that misery indeed loves company, then a helluva lot of folks stuck in the hurting and...

“Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible – Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI Fighter Ace and Medal of...