Steve Matteo surveys a new trio of deep-dive music books on Muscle Shoals, the Grateful Dead and the Record Plant with simply stunning visual presentations.

Columbia Icefield’s ‘A Silence Opens’ teaches twice over that the soul of an artist never dies, it’s simply transferred to the art they make.

JabFung’s ‘In Real Life’ comes only a year after their debut, but the big story for the second album is the addition of a trumpet player – and not just any trumpet player.

For the conclusion of our 2-part conversation with creative jazz drummer and composer Devin Gray, the Maine-born musician speaks of his increasing ties to Europe and how the fertile Berlin music scene environment gave him new ways to flourish. S. VICTOR AARON: So now I want to shift over toRead More

Here is Part 1 of the SER interview with drummer/composer/bandleader Devin Gray, a passionate, hungry musician who’s both as intensely introspective as he is outgoing and engaging.

The sad and early death of Gene Clark 35 years ago this week couldn’t overshadow a remarkable stint as the Byrds’ principal songwriter in the mid-1960s.

Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’ arrived 55 years ago today as one of the 1970s’ most important records – and one of music’s most complex joys.

The Grammy-nominated Paul Kahn’s ‘Willingness’ feels less like a comeback and more like a gathering of stories, of players, of time itself.

Phillip Golub’s microtonal-based ‘Partisan Ship’ is wildly ambitious, but the ambitions are realized.

Released 50 years ago today, ‘Rocks’ is considered by some people to be the best Aerosmith album – and for good reason.