Archive for October, 2024

The Five Must-Have Songs For Your Halloween Playlist

The Five Must-Have Songs For Your Halloween Playlist

Stuck for a Halloween playlist to help while away the minutes between tonight’s zombie apocalypses? Start here.

Will Galison, "Every Child Loved" (2024): One Track Mind

Will Galison, “Every Child Loved” (2024): One Track Mind

Will Galison’s “Every Child Loved” is a heartfelt song that underscores this harmonica virtuoso’s flair as a singer-songwriter.

Alden Hellmuth - 'Good Intentions' (2024)

Alden Hellmuth – ‘Good Intentions’ (2024)

‘Good Intentions’ is an astonishing start from a saxophonist and composer still absorbing the more daring sides of jazz, because Alden Hellmuth is not interested in biding her time before putting her own imprint on the music form.

Andrew Gabbard - 'Ramble and Rave On' (2024)

Andrew Gabbard – ‘Ramble and Rave On’ (2024)

An unobstructed view of Black Keys touring member Andrew Gabbard’s musical vision, ‘Ramble and Rave On’ deftly blends storytelling, melody, and musical fun.

Alex E. Chavez - 'Sonorous Present' (2024)

Alex E. Chavez – ‘Sonorous Present’ (2024)

‘Sonorous Present’ is an immersive journey into Alex E. Chavez’s life, with elements of tragedy, isolation, and discovery.

Projekt Gemineye, "The Lost Generation" (2024): One Track Mind

Projekt Gemineye, “The Lost Generation” (2024): One Track Mind

As always, Projekt Gemineye combines melodic guitar hooks, clear, forceful vocals, and pulsating metal/prog rhythms to tell a chilling story.

Bill Frisell, Andrew Cyrille + Kit Downes - 'Breaking the Shell' (2024)

Bill Frisell, Andrew Cyrille + Kit Downes – ‘Breaking the Shell’ (2024)

On ‘Breaking the Shell,’ Bill Frisell, Andrew Cyrille & Kit Downes get to expand their home base of creatively improvised music using the stately yet otherworldly sounds of the pipe organ.

Why King Crimson's Biggest Hit LP Was 'So Fully Formed, But Also So Unusual'

Why King Crimson’s Biggest Hit LP Was ‘So Fully Formed, But Also So Unusual’

Released 55 years ago, King Crimson’s ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’ offered a dark burst of seminal progressive rock that presupposed a new rock trend.

Brandon Seabrook - 'Object of Unknown Function' (2024)

Brandon Seabrook – ‘Object of Unknown Function’ (2024)

When Brandon Seabrook does a solo banjo and guitar project as he did with ‘Object of Unknown Function,’ there’s even more of his uniqueness to ponder, appreciate and – yes – enjoy.

Matthew Shipp - 'The Data' (2024)

Matthew Shipp – ‘The Data’ (2024)

‘The Data’ is some of Matthew Shipp’s most heartfelt and ardent of his solo piano albums, informed with a lifetime of jazz and classical studies behind it.