Among the voluminous amount of Christmas music recently released lies a fun stocking stuffer: “Spend Christmas with Me,” a duet with jazz chanteuses Jane Monheit and Sara Gazarek. You May Also Like: Sasha’s Bloc + Jane Monheit, “Feels Like Jazz” (2015): Exclusive Something Else! stream Dan Markell, “Carnival Game” (2021):Read More
Dave Brubeck, convention-defying jazz pianist and author of the standards “In Your Own Sweet Way” and “The Duke,” among others, has died — just one day shy of his 92nd birthday. You May Also Like: Desmond White, “Dream Girl” from Glace (2017): One Track Mind Lyle Mays (1953-2020): An AppreciationRead More
‘Transition’ is Steve Lukather’s seventh solo project – and it may just be the Toto legend’s most personal yet.
In the jazz world, I’ve found that the long-established artists, especially the ones who play in the well-established styles, get the bulk of the buzz.
Many bands over the years have been called the Frantics, but the group we’re discussing here came from Billings, Montana. Formed in 1965, the Frantics experienced an enormous amount of regional success You May Also Like: The Turtles – Present the Battle of the Bands (1968): Forgotten Series The FaragherRead More
“We No Who U R,” the lead single from the 15th studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, is this sharp left from Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! You May Also Like: Nick Cave, “Avalanche” from Black Sails on Starz (2015): One Track Mind Cassandra Wilson, “Strange Fruit” (2015): OneRead More
Even as Fleetwood Mac announced a new tour for 2013, the question remained: What about Christine McVie? You May Also Like: Lindsey Buckingham wants Fleetwood Mac to be like the Eagles: ‘They always seem to know what they want’ Fleetwood Mac’s overlong Say You Will sorely missed Christine McVie
Jeff Lynne, so meticulous in the studio that he’s now painstakingly rerecorded all of the Electric Light Orchestra’s best-known hits, wouldn’t seem to be a great fit with the famously low-fi Bob Dylan. You May Also Like: Jeff Lynne never believed Bob Dylan would join the Traveling Wilburys: ‘It wasRead More
Check out a seven-minute steam of song samples from Spock’s Beard’s new studio effort, Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep — their first with new vocalist Ted Leonard. You May Also Like: Neal Morse Did It All (Again) on ‘Songs from November’ Jim Beard and Jon Herington – ‘Chunks and Chairnobs’Read More
In one way or another, each of these recordings confounded and delighted me. Pushed me to new vistas, either in the way I approached the artist, their own original work, or the tunes they covered. Made me think, and feel differently. You May Also Like: Robert Cray – Robert CrayRead More
