Todd Rundgren – ‘A Wizard, a True Star … Live!’ (2021)
‘A Wizard, a True Star … Live!’ begs two questions: Does anybody besides Todd Rundgren completists need it, and will it satisfy that audience?
‘A Wizard, a True Star … Live!’ begs two questions: Does anybody besides Todd Rundgren completists need it, and will it satisfy that audience?
Those who seek to pigeonhole music – this is jazz, that is pop, this is hip hop – have their work cut out with Chase Ceglie’s ‘Fear and Love, Together.’
‘Frampton Forgets the Words’ makes the argument that if he hadn’t become a star, Peter Frampton would have been better appreciated for his guitar work.
Contemporary jazz often gets slammed for being too smooth or emphasizing melody in lieu of improvisation. Reza Khan’s ‘Imaginary Road’ puts the lie to that.
Deborah and Pat Mastelotto joined Ross Boissoneau to discuss their intriguing new collaboration, ‘A Romantic’s Guide to King Crimson.’
Porterfield has jazz bona fides, but it isn’t a jazz band. It’s not quite a rock band either.
It’s tempting to write off Arc of Life as Yes lite. But how does this new project from Billy Sherwood and Jon Davison stack up against other offshoot bands?
Cryptic Cadet present intelligent, well-crafted pop that harkens back to decades gone by while retaining a contemporary sheen.
MicroCorgi, a boundary-stretching New York-based piano trio, melds jazz, ambient and electronica.
Deborah and Pat Mastelotto’s ‘A Romantic’s Guide to King Crimson’ is a gorgeous record, all the more enjoyable for being unforeseen.