From its band name –– which sounds like a something off the front porch of a shotgun shack — to its muscular, harp-driven opening track, you’d be forgiven for assuming Gator and Mudcat’s Back in the Game was just another blues-rocking project. You May Also Like: Dan Markell, “Carnival Game”Read More

Some magic was bound to surround this, as Jimmy Vivino reunited with long-time former collaborators for the first time in years.

Former Star Trek star William Shatner gives an update on his upcoming Billy Sherwood-produced studio project, including the album title. You May Also Like: William Shatner and Canned Heat, “Let’s Work Together” (2020): One Track Mind William Shatner + Ritchie Blackmore, “The Thrill Is Gone” (2020): One Track Mind

An assemblage of musicians the caliber of Marc Ribot, Ches Smith and Shahzad Ismaily usually signals that this is going to be seriously nerdy jazz, but Ceramic Dog is, in many ways, the exact opposite. You May Also Like: Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – ‘Hope’ (2021) Marc Ribot’s Ceramic DogRead More

Using a series of canny fin de siecle images from the crashing fall of Rome, prog keyboardist Tim Morse’s “Rome” — from his second long-player Faithscience — outlines a litany of worries over our stewardship of the Earth. You May Also Like: Branford Marsalis, Lucas Lee, Tim Morse + Others:Read More

Alex Snydman grew up playing guitar and didn’t decide until he was already well into college to switch over to the drums. He’s been pushing hard to make of for lost time ever since, learning under masters like Eric Harland, Joe La Barbera and Damion Reid. You May Also Like:Read More

Mike McGuire’s new six-song Americana EP Kentucky Morning takes the themes and atmospheres of 2011’s Beyond the Ark to a darker, more contemplative place. You May Also Like: Lucas Lee – ‘Lowered Expectations’ (2018)

The word is out, David Murray is back with what should be an exciting new quartet, consisting of pianist Marc Cary, bassist Jaribu Shahid and drummer Nasheet Waits. You May Also Like: David Murray, Brad Jones + Hamid Drake – ‘Seriana Promethea’ (2022)

A fiery aggression surrounds Universal Breakdown Blues, as Popa Chubby doesn’t lament the dangerous and uncertain era in which we live so much as rail against it with all of his might. You May Also Like: Chubby Tavares, “Gotta Get Back to You” (2018): One Track Mind Greg ‘Stackhouse’ PrevostRead More

Tom Keifer has seen the view from some of the highest mountaintops in the music business and had to claw his way out of some of the deepest pits.