To better understand the fascinating swirl of instruments, offbeat rhythms, wild mood swings, blend of melodic graces with avant-garde...

For an eclectic, well-traveled jazz citizen of the world like Carl Clements, titling his second jazz quartet album A Different Light is...

Deservedly recognized by UNESCO as a Jazz Ambassador, Ginetta Minichiello and her bold, boundary busting high octane four-piece ensemble...

When a legendary sax player like Richard Guba waits till 50 years into his career to record his debut album as a leader, it’s bound to be...

Almost five years on from the onset of the pandemic era, transcendent jazz albums that might not have happened but for the interruption...

Though he’s been a treasured and beloved fixture on the Pacific Northwest folk scene for nearly 30 years, it’s testament to singer,...

Between Dieter Spears’s immersion in the 90’s local club scene in Nashville with the ensembles Picture This and Subject to Change and...

Though Native Tongue is the standard 10 tracks and only 42 minutes long, it’s testament to the sheer genius socially conscious depth and...

Since laying the foundation for his extraordinary career with the inspiring solo recordings Life and Death (2016), Straight From the...

It’s not customary for a reviewer to insert him/herself into the story of any artist, let alone the incredibly inspiring narrative of a...

Considering the resounding success and great impact of Billy Denk’s recordings since launching into the ambient music genre with a...

Riffing off both the title of Judy Wexler’s seventh album No Wonder , and line from of one of its most breathtaking tracks “The Summer...