‘On Time’ is an album that stirs up those same old feeling we’d used to get when listening to an old Temptations or Spinners song on the radio.

Ndegéocello has a complete command of music in its many forms – and the creativity to forge something different.

Fresh from the fusion triumph of A Beautiful Bang, Columbus, Ohio’s fo/mo/deep is poised to take listeners on another funky ride through the fun side of jazz.

A force in its day, the music of this seminal funk-jazz-rock combo remains very much potent today.

College student Matt Bray demonstrates the power of anyone with a little imagination and a whole lot of time can have to single-handedly put a long-forgotten dance floor hit back in the spotlight.

Wow, has it really been eighteen years since Neneh Cherry last put out an album? Maybe that fact is easy to overlook since she got together with the Scandinavian free jazz trio The Thing just a couple of years ago You May Also Like: Wadada Leo Smith – Najwa (2017)Read More

Karl Denson’s longtime outfit Tiny Universe has evolved a bit over the past fifteen or so years, but the basic mission has always been to make audiences move. You May Also Like: Joey DeFrancesco, with Pharoah Sanders – ‘In the Key of the Universe’ (2019) Rez Abbasi – Unfiltered UniverseRead More

Clearly, this was a great night of music at the Dakota in Minneapolis. fDeluxe create infectious grooves that stick in your head.

Recorded live at the peak of their powers in May 1974, ‘Hipper than Hip’ finds Tower of Power setting a Long Island radio-station soundstage ablaze.

As we — or me, anyway — await the first full album by one of New Orleans’ best-kept secrets of late, The Nth Power continues to tantalize. You May Also Like: Tower of Power’s Emilio Castillo: The Albums That Shaped My Career Tower of Power – ’50 Years of FunkRead More