When listening to Rufus Wainwright, I can’t help now but attempt to imagine how jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas might approach his songs. So successful was his take on “Poses” that it’s hard not to consider that the definitive version of the tune You May Also Like: Dan Markell, “Carnival Game”Read More

Rockin’ the Jeff Lynne look especially with aviator sunglasses, Omer Avital might not be ready to lead ELO, but a half dozen years ago he led a stellar band You May Also Like: No related posts.

Broad and spacious as all hell, Astra’s The Black Chord is retro in excess. The San Diego outfit employs all manner of guitar and analog synths to get the job done You May Also Like: Left Lane Cruiser – Beck In Black (2016) Why Black Sabbath Went Out on aRead More

The Sweet’s effervescent take on “New York Groove” opens their album of mashed-up cover tunes, ‘New York Connection.’

Clarinetists don’t typically have a reputation of being adventurous (our own Mort Weiss notwithstanding), but it isn’t for the lack of such practitioners as Ben Goldberg and Chris Speed working hard to punch holes into those perceptions. Add Aaron Novik to that list of clarinet insurgents. Novik, who once studiedRead More

As Eric Clapton puts the finishing touches on a scheduled 2012 release — again produced by frequent sideman Doyle Bramhall II, who also helmed the well-received Clapton a couple of years ago — we reached back for a few old favorites. You May Also Like: No related posts.

What was that I was saying about one-man bands often being corny? Yeah, here’s another one, but the rule doesn’t apply to Joe Buck, either. You May Also Like: Joe Bailey – ‘Devil in the White City’ (2022) The Long Journey of Joe Bailey’s ‘Devil in the White City’: SomethingRead More

Mervyn “Harmonica” Hinds, a regular on the Chicago blues scene of decades, was once one of the best sidemen that nobody knew. That’s changed more recently, as Hinds has begun issuing albums under his own name in regular intervals. You May Also Like: Illinois Speed Press – ‘Illinois Speed Press’Read More

Sitting tight as one of the finest psychedelic statements of the era, Love and Poetry marked the introduction of this talented trio based in Northern Ireland. Originally pressed on the CBS label in 1968, the album bombed in terms of sales, but those fortunate enough to hear it readily recognizeRead More

The original lineup of Asia will celebrate what has become perhaps the band’s most productive period with a new album, a reissue of their career-making debut on its 30th anniversary and a massive world tour. You May Also Like: No related posts.