Vernon Reid discusses collaborating with Jack Bruce, and arriving on the scene with Living Colour’s barrier-bursting ‘Vivid.’

An offbeat rumination on love, Debbie Miller’s new EP Measures + Waits finds a way to pull no punches, even as it pulls a few jokes — no easy task. You May Also Like: Debbie Gifford – Changes (2018) Of All the Tom Waits Albums, ‘Real Gone’ May Be theRead More

Dear Diz doesn’t aim for the relentlessly daring intellect of Dizzy Gillespie’s small-band bebop sides, so much as the boisterous amiability associated with his globetrotting latter-day period You May Also Like: The Beatles, “Martha My Dear” from The White Album (1968): Deep Beatles Dizzy Gillespie and Friends – Concert ofRead More

That this is W.C. Handy Award-winning bluesman Paul Rishell’s first acoustic recording comes as something of a surprise.

Joshua Pritchard reached back to his earliest recordings for the 2012 follow up to Ruin/Renewal’s self-titled debut from June of last year, offering the equal and opposite of that EP’s rumbling, three-piece live experience. You May Also Like: Jeff Oster, Vin Downes + Tom Eaton – ‘Seven Conversations’ (2024) WillRead More

It would be tempting to call this jazz fusion, or jazz rock. Or jazz something. But there’s so very much more going on, as Yes alum Trevor Rabin hurtles through Jacaranda, due May 8, 2012 from Varese Vintage Records. You May Also Like: Trevor Rabin – ‘Rio’ (2023)

There is a sense, throughout the covers-filled What the Hell is Goin’ On?, of broken-in familiarity. Paul Thorn and his longtime backing band aren’t simply pulling out these songs to try to move records. They have loved, and they have lived, every one of these tales. You May Also Like:Read More

As Billy Sherwood assembled an all-star cast for the forthcoming 2012 Cleopatra Records release The Prog Collective, he thought of an old friend: Former Yes bandmate Chris Squire. You May Also Like: Billy Sherwood Talks #Yes50, ‘Topographic Drama’ and a Tribute to Chris Squire

Cover 2 Cover, the latest tribute album from Morse/Portnoy/George, will include songs from prog legends King Crimson, Jethro Tull and Styx. No surprise there, considering the band lineage of those involved. You May Also Like: Neal Morse Did It All (Again) on ‘Songs from November’ Neal Morse on ‘The GreatRead More

Allen Toussaint reminisces about his long-standing relationship with the Band, and reveals his true feelings about mothers in law.