Life is, as this song reminds, full of strange delights — like finding Neil Young amongst pizzicato strings.

Here is a review of ‘Black Peplum’ by the Paris-based jazzcore trio Hippie Diktat.

Mike Tiano on how double the Lisa Kudrow is double the fun.

A seemingly straightforward, upbeat rock track from the Beatles instead that tells a bleak story of discontentment.

With “Rock ‘n’ Roll Again,” Blackberry Smoke got my toes tapping. There’s not much more you can ask for from this type of song.

This is a review of ‘The Healing Blues,’ a special compilation of great oroginal blues songs to benefit the Greensboro, NC-area homeless.

‘What I Heard’ is a fresh and original approach to organ jazz that only the alto sax avant-garde legend Oliver Lake can conceive.

Lydia Salnikova shares her new delight with ‘New Heart’, a smaller arrival than usual, but another bundle of joy nevertheless.

James Taylor, even at 66, takes the stage with a voice as clear and recognizable as if you were playing one of his early albums.

Alison Moyet’s return to a synthpop has been triumphal — a culmination of everything she began as part of Yaz.