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Darryl Way - 'Destinations 2' (2021)

Darryl Way – ‘Destinations 2’ (2021)

Curved Air co-founder Darryl Way’s ‘Destinations 2’ features more solo instrumentals inspired by imagined journeys to exotic places.

Beverley Beirne - 'Dream Dancer' (2021)

Beverley Beirne – ‘Dream Dancer’ (2021)

Beverley Beirne’s new album is far different than the fun-filled ‘Jazz Just Wants to Have Fun,’ showing a completely different side and strength.

Caddy - 'Detours and Dead Ends Vol. 1' (2021)

Caddy – ‘Detours and Dead Ends Vol. 1’ (2021)

‘Detours and Dead Ends Vol. 1’ finds Caddy taking a break from producing his own stellar songs to reprise some of his favorite tunes from the ’70s and ’80s.

Clannad - 'In a Lifetime' (2021)

Clannad – ‘In a Lifetime’ (2021)

How do you define Clannad’s career, an era and for all intents and purposes the genesis of a new genre, in just a couple of compact discs?

Joel Frahm, "Thinking of Benny" from 'The Bright Side' (2021): Something Else! video premiere

Joel Frahm, “Thinking of Benny” from ‘The Bright Side’ (2021): Something Else! video premiere

Here is the video premiere of swinging “Thinking of Benny,” a song tenor sax ace Joel Frahm wrote honoring one of his saxophone heroes, the living icon Benny Golson.

Boys With the Perpetual Nervousness - 'Songs From Another Life' (2021)

Boys With the Perpetual Nervousness – ‘Songs From Another Life’ (2021)

Emerging from the same gene pool as bands like the Byrds, Shoes and Teenage Fan Club, the Boys With the Perpetual Nervousness are masters of jangle pop.

Claudio Scolari Project - 'Cosmology' (2021)

Claudio Scolari Project – ‘Cosmology’ (2021)

As is always the case on a Claudio Scolari Project album, the looseness in their approach on ‘Cosmology’ guarantees a freshness and fluidity in the music that refuses to be stifled by rigid structures.

New Memphis Colorways - 'It Is What It Isn't' (2021)

New Memphis Colorways – ‘It Is What It Isn’t’ (2021)

New Memphis Colorways’ ‘It Is What It Isn’t’ is a dazzling blend of – well, psychedelic groove music comes as close as anything else to defining it.

'Ram On: The 50th Anniversary Tribute to Paul & Linda McCartney's 'Ram" (2020)

‘Ram On: The 50th Anniversary Tribute to Paul & Linda McCartney’s ‘Ram” (2020)

Love is evident in every note, and that makes ‘Ram On: The 50th Anniversary Tribute to Paul & Linda McCartney’s ‘Ram” a must-listen for any fan.

Gregg Belisle-Chi - 'Koi: Performing the Music of Tim Berne' (2021)

Gregg Belisle-Chi – ‘Koi: Performing the Music of Tim Berne’ (2021)

A solo performance of rare wisdom like ‘Koi’ is what happens when the mighty composing pen of Tim Berne meets a mighty insightful guitar of Gregg Belisle-Chi.