Big Monitors’ lively cover of “O’Neal’s Porch” is all about the exhilaration of freedom coupled with the majesty of tradition. That’s probably the best way to honor William Parker.

The WRD is Robert Walter, Eddie Roberts, Adam Deitch, and though there aren’t any words sung on ‘The Hit,’ there are bountiful hand-made grooves.

The reflective “Smoke From the Chimney” is an advance single from the late Tony Joe White’s upcoming Dan Auerbach-produced album.

“It’s a Sad Thing” is a crunchy new blues original by Boo Boo Davis and the ElectroBluesSociety.

We’ve long known that guitar ace Wayne Krantz is really good, and now with ‘Music Room 1985’ we know that he was really good at the get-go.

Experiments with combining these two worlds on the fly can be a risky proposition but BLOOP (Lina Allemano and Mike Smith) have it all figured out and the ‘Proof’ is in the pudding.

Here is the video premiere of “Tight Rope, Short Walk” from Curtis Andrews’ brand new album ‘Speaking Hands.’

“Jimmy’s Groove” is a highly motivating pure groove from the Delvon Lammar Organ Trio, released as a standalone single by Colemine Records.

There’s nothing loud or audacious on Jakob Bro’s ‘Uma Elmo’ because it doesn’t have to in order to leave an impact. Through subtlety comes sublimity.

It’s never too early to explore the music of the bold and talented Gary Bartz. ‘Gary Bartz JID 006’ may well be the perfect starting point.