There are tons of love songs out there. Maybe even more tunes about breakups and their aftermath. The best of them, like a great poem, can take a long-view snapshot You May Also Like: Richard Turgeon, “Car Crash” (2019): One Track Mind Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent andRead More

Edward LaRose’s painting on the cover, itself so full of ying-and-yang dualities, sets an expectant tone for Ralph Peterson’s layered and challenging new recording — and the drummer delivers. You May Also Like: How the Dr. John-Led ‘Bluesiana’ Sequel Somehow Matched the Original Cuong Vu 4-Tet, featuring Bill Frisell –Read More

Let’s get one thing out of the way right now: doo wop music was not created to be used as fodder for public television fund-raisers. You May Also Like: How Brian Wilson Helped the Beach Boys Transcend Their Critics Why Dennis Wilson’s Rough-Hewn Debut ‘Pacific Ocean Blue’ Was So SurprisingRead More

With Beyond the Blue, jazz vocalist Tessa Souter expertly blends European classical tropes with the jazz spirit. You May Also Like: No related posts.

Sounding something like the classic Blue Note recordings of trombonist Curtis Fuller’s youth, Down Home has an in-the-pocket joy that’s contagious. You May Also Like: Richard Turgeon, “A New Shade of Blue” (2020): One Track Mind

Who could have guessed that a Christopher Cross song would have so much traction in the metal world? This is at least the third heavy cover of the song You May Also Like: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, “Fire” (1968): One Track Mind

Guitarist Nick Block, bassist Frank Abraham, drummer Gene Coye and vocalist Maiya Sykes originally pooled their talents together not as a performing band, but with the idea of working as a music-production house You May Also Like: Incognito – ‘Tomorrow’s New Dream’ (2019)

Johnny DeBlase plays bass for a couple of thrash-jazz bands, including one of my personal favorites, Many Arms. You May Also Like: Desertion Trio – ‘Numbers Maker’ (2021)

Now this is more like it. When we got our first taste of new ZZ Top music a few months back with “Flying High,” I was seriously disappointed. I didn’t like it. You May Also Like: ZZ Top’s “El Diablo,” “Thunderbird,” “Rough Boy” + Others: Gimme Five

Self-taught Johnnie Bassett never thought much of the barriers between styles, and I Can Make That Happen is better for that. You May Also Like: No related posts.