Unsigned Bands

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Tchiya Amet – Celestial Folk Music (2012)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mZKY3R1MIQ&w=500&h=305] Tchiya Amet creates this interesting subtext, weaving a mystical tapestry of stories, myths, legends and spells through a varied rhythmic landscape. But even if you aren’t familiar with the source material, Celestial Folk Music charms. You May Also Like: The Immediate Family, “Cruel Twist” (2020): One Track MindRead More

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The Mickey Finns – Prayers and Idle Chatter (2012)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_OJTMD20OI&w=500&h=305] It’s easy to pigeon-hole the Mickey Finns as a New York City-based Celtic band. You’ve got the fiddle, the drinking songs, a reel and a jig on Prayers and Idle Chatter. But there is a lot more going on here. You May Also Like: Mickey Stephens and theRead More

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Kalen – Falling from the Sun (2012)

Even as so many singers today seem to be reluctant to give themselves over to the lyric, more concerned with histrionics than connecting on an emotional level, Kalen’s new EP cuts a different path. You May Also Like: Rusty Young – Waitin’ For The Sun (2017) David Torn with TimRead More

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Serapicos – Serapicos is a Town (2012)

Gabriel Serapicos sounds like what would happen if the Magnetic Fields starred in a film by Wes Anderson. But even that’s not completely right. You May Also Like: The Wood Brothers, “River Takes the Town” from One Drop Of Truth (2018): One Track Mind How I Belatedly Learned to LoveRead More

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Philipp Gropper’s Philm – Licht (2012)

Many are the jazz adventurers who have run aground on the rocky shoals of the Thelonious Monk sound. They either come off as gimmicky impersonators, the portrait of studied eccentricity, or as well-meaning but genuinely confused – unsure of what to do with all of that dissonance. You May AlsoRead More

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Leon Foster Thomas – Brand New Mischief (2012)

The story of Leon Foster Thomas (not to be confused with the late jazz vocalist Leon Thomas) starts on the Caribbean island of Trinidad and continues in Miami. You May Also Like: Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan – ‘Epistrophy’ (2019) Sarah Gail Brand – ‘All Will Be Said, All toRead More

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Stephen Richard – Bread ‘N Water, Vol. 2 and An Evening of Happenstance, Live In New Orleans (2012)

Houston has been a major center for urban jazz ever since native Houstonians the Jazz Crusaders started going electric in the late ’60s. You May Also Like: Richard Elliot – ‘Authentic Life’ (2021) Richard Lloyd Giddens Jr. – Mimosas (2017) Richard Davies – ‘Cosmic Odyssey’ (2023)

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Sean Wayland – Click Track Jazz: Slave to The Machine, Vols. 1 & 2 (2012)

When Sean Wayland gets inspiration, he holds nothing back. You May Also Like: Wayne Krantz – ‘Music Room 1985’ (2021) Allan Holdsworth – Tales From The Vault (2016) Vector Families – For Those About to Jazz/Rock, We Salute You (2017)

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Tim Bedner – Of Light And Shadow (2012)