With ‘All Purpose Music,’ the Virginia-based soul-funk-jazz quartet Butcher Brown shows why Nicholas Payton is so fired up about this band.

Just two elite guitar players having fun with their immense talents, and it’s hard not to share in that fun as listeners.

We interview Nels Cline, who is set to release a guitar summit meeting with Julian Lage called ‘Room.’

The impromptu nature of this collaboration among free-jazz aces Andrew Barker, Paul Dunmall and Tim Dahl makes ‘Luddite’ great.

Here is a review of Jimmy Greene’s ‘Beautiful Life,’ a hopeful and very personal message sprung from the unspeakable tragedy of Sandy Hook.

Here’s an exclusive advance preview of the upcoming album from Kait Dunton’s newly formed trioKAIT.

‘Crimen Sonoro’ is a muscular, multicultural fusion jazz from the funky, metal/jazz/hip-hop/mariachi sextet out of Mexico.

‘Red’ establishes Rik Wright’s Fundamental Forces as a hard-to-categorize jazz force to be reckoned with.

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

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