Ben Folds, for all his blind-alley turns into jokes that go nowhere, retains a particular eye for the turn of phrase, for the precise word the opens your heart like a flower You May Also Like: Ben Folds Returned to Older Work on ‘Stems and Seeds,’ and Vastly Improved It

Of all the living trumpet players performing today, few have accomplished as much as Tim Hagans. He acquired valuable experience playing in bands by Stan Kenton, Thad Jones, Woody Herman and currently, Bob Belden. You May Also Like: Tim Berne – ‘inSOMNIA’ (2011): On Second Thought Jaimie Branch – FlyRead More

by Beverly Paterson Originally released on Mercury Records in the spring of 1991, “International Pop Overthrow” marked the debut album by Material Issue You May Also Like: Material Issue – Telecommando Americano (1997): On Second Thought

Before Born To Run, before Mary was pondering a way out, and before we had to get out while we were still young, there was Puerto Rican Jane and Spanish Johnny. Two lovers, maybe going in different directions You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent andRead More

Half a decade later, Hurricane Katrina still has this devastating power to inspire, as heard on Peter Novelli’s new self-titled release You May Also Like: No related posts.

by Mark Saleski In his essay, “Listening To Music,” composer John Cage offers a possible definition of music and a framework for its evaluation You May Also Like: Gordon Grdina, Mark Helias + Matthew Shipp – ‘Pathways’ (2022) Gordon Grdina’s Nomad Trio – ‘Boiling Point’ (2022) Gordon Grdina’s Nomad TrioRead More

“Black Friday is the first track from Katy Lied, a snakebitten set of recordings to studio perfectionists Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. For the rest of us, this album is a dandy. You May Also Like: No related posts.

There’s a world-weary melancholy, a hard-won realism, to Styx’s new song that didn’t exist in Tommy Shaw’s fun-rocking “Renegade” days, and that points the way out of the band’s more recent habit of backtracking You May Also Like: No related posts.

We became acquainted with the Idahoan rocker Jeff Crosby last spring not long after he unveiled his debut release, a very promising EP called Too Many Walls. But that was just an appetizer. You May Also Like: No related posts.

What a week. Sort of dreamlike. It started with an early morning, five-hour drive through the rain on Monday (which initiated the dream thing). Then I got even more heavily involved in the new Wilco CD than I did last week. You wouldn’t think that this would add to theRead More