Emily White, “Borrowed Man” from Staking Flags in the Valley (2014): One Track Mind
Emily White blends an expressive and earnest vocal quality with evocative and colorful lyrics.

Emily White blends an expressive and earnest vocal quality with evocative and colorful lyrics.
Here are Steely Dan’s five best drum performances, selected in tandem by our panel of Steely Dan authorities.

After a period of retrenchment that saw Marcus Roberts rejoining early mentor Wynton Marsalis, this shows he’s ready for a more adventurous path.
Peter Banks Empire is a lost treasure from a time when prog badly needed something to restore its creative momentum.
Nearly every musician gets slotted into a genre by writers, magazines, listeners and readers. Why must we do that?
Top reissues of 2014 include a double shot of Led Zeppelin, more Bob Dylan and the Band than you could imagine, and some long-lost CSNY.

Carmine Appice attacks from the right, while Vinny sets up on the left for ‘Drum Wars Live!,’ creating a gloriously thunderous racket.

Though a myriad of musical fashions pepper Jamie Hoover’s ‘Two Ever,’ a potent pop feel is engraved within the grooves.

If there’s a balm for fans to ease the breakup/hiatus of Nevermore, it has to be this: The first new music from Sanctuary since 1989.

Keith Jarrett’s ‘Hamburg ’72,’ with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian, bears witness to a talent in the process of exploding in many directions.