Back in the 90s, during that era’s heyday of new age and ambient music, the Higher Octave label released popular recordings from numerous...

From a marketing and name recognition standpoint, it makes perfect sense to connect Born To Fly – the winsome emerging Portland OR alt...

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Exactly six months after releasing the aptly titled Big Band Extravaganza, his most expansive and ambitious recording to date, the...

Saxophonist and multi-woodwind player Alex Coke and guitarist Carl Michel, leaders of the fascinating and passionately innovative - not...

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At the end of the liner notes on his latest Zoho Music collection, Gabriel Espinosa caps a rundown of the stylistically eclectic,...

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Musical evolution is a beautiful thing to experience, and it’s been nothing short of exhilarating vibing along with the way the...

The haunting beauty, grace, thought provoking insight and overall sonic brilliance of Seattle singer/songwriter Will Rainier’s second...

Voted onto the 84th and 86th annual Downbeat Readers Poll for Guitar, Charlie Apicella takes a fascinating career turn on the...

It’s wonderfully serendipitous that the same year the family of Clifford Jordan unearths and releases a half century the shelf album...