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Aruán Ortiz – Orbiting (2012)
The brilliant pianist from Cuba Aruán Ortiz made a strong positive impression to anyone who paid attention to his 2010 release Alameda, a sophisticated outing of modern jazz that eludes adequate comparisons.
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Squackett, with Chris Squire and Steve Hackett – A Life Within A Day (2012)
I can’t remember the last time I heard Chris Squire approach the bass with this much unadulterated passion, with this much joy.
The Harris Group – Choices (2012)
Ric Harris put his career as a jazz guitarist on hold to raise his kids and deal with a life long seizure disorder, so he can be excused to taken so long to make his first album, but he made the most of that long-delayed moment. Coming back to this passion of his and gaining an even deeper understanding of [...]
New Music Monday: Joe Bonamassa, Paul McCartney, Slash, Sonny Landreth, Tedeschi Trucks
New Music Monday brings a dizzying array of fresh items from the likes of Bob Wayne, Garbage, Great White, Joe Bonamassa, Kill Devil Hill, Slash and Sonny Landreth
Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power (1992; 2012 reissue)
It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since this snarling beast first roared out of my speakers.
P.J. Pacifico – The Live EP (2012)
P.J. Pacifico’s voice, like a honeysuckle breeze, is inviting, deeply pastoral, almost hypnotizing. Not for nothing, it seems, do two of the first three songs here focus so completely on “home.”
Shows I’ll Never Forget: Lindsey Buckingham, May 19, 2012
At Neptune Theatre, Seattle, Washington: “The small machine appears to have just gotten a little smaller,” was how singer-songwriter, and Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham described it
Garbage – Not Your Kind of People (2012)
Garbage shows it can still swirl alt-rock, post-pop and electro-dance beats in a highball glass of lip-busting attitude on this, their first album in seven years. The difference here is the band’s newfound sense of angsty consequence.
Jens Wendelboe Big Band – Fresh Heat (2012)
Jens Wendelboe is putting together some terrific stuff with his big band and Fresh Heat is the latest in what should be a regular occurrence on the jazz release calendar.
Maria Neckam – Unison (2012)
At times, jazz vocalist Maria Neckam’s music sounds like Joni Mitchell during her mid-70s jazz excursion but with a Annette Peacock stream-of-conscienceness flow and Bjork-like modern sensibility, delivered with pipes as pure as Suzanne Vega.
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