“It’s a Sad Thing” is a crunchy new blues original by Boo Boo Davis and the ElectroBluesSociety.

We’ve long known that guitar ace Wayne Krantz is really good, and now with ‘Music Room 1985’ we know that he was really good at the get-go.

Here is the video premiere of “Blues Masqué” by the talented Canadian pianist François Bourassa.

Experiments with combining these two worlds on the fly can be a risky proposition but BLOOP (Lina Allemano and Mike Smith) have it all figured out and the ‘Proof’ is in the pudding.

Kenneth Kirschner and Joseph Branciforte feed human musical ideas into computer algorithms using an elaborate set of rules and a dash of randomness to generate fully notated compositions.

Here is the video premiere of “Tight Rope, Short Walk” from Curtis Andrews’ brand new album ‘Speaking Hands.’

“Jimmy’s Groove” is a highly motivating pure groove from the Delvon Lammar Organ Trio, released as a standalone single by Colemine Records.

There’s nothing loud or audacious on Jakob Bro’s ‘Uma Elmo’ because it doesn’t have to in order to leave an impact. Through subtlety comes sublimity.

‘Sensitive’ documents the gig where Tim Berne’s Hardcell unit got started, as well as Berne’s fruitful association with keyboardist Craig Taborn.

It’s never too early to explore the music of the bold and talented Gary Bartz. ‘Gary Bartz JID 006’ may well be the perfect starting point.