Individually and collectively, Tim Berne’s Hardcell trio was amazing and the live souvenir ‘The Cosmos’ confirms that.

‘xFORM’ is one of the snowflakes from a David Torn/Prezens live performance that’s thankfully been captured for posterity and now, available for the public.

‘Streets of Philadelphia’ might ostensibly be about a certain American city, but it speaks more to the boundless talent and imagination of outsider guitarist and composer Nick Millevoi.

Dave Gisler’s highly improvisational trio is a natural in a live setting. Add the like-minded trumpeter Jaimie Branch to the mix, and those qualities are taken up a couple of notches.

Fujii and Tamura come up with an endless well of ideas to apply to the piano/trumpet format for “Pentas,’ their seventh duo album together.

These ain’t traditional Christmas carols, but Mars Williams has started a new tradition in line with a year that has broken all semblance of normalcy.

Azymuth’s recent output shows that they have plenty of gas left in the tank, but leave it to Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad to inspire them to get back their original mojo.

The Little River Band’s definitive self-titled debut arrived 45 years ago this month, with “It’s a Long Way There” as its opening track.

Here is a video premiere of the Neil Young cover “Tell Me Why” from the album ‘Small Vacation’ by bass/guitar duo Luke Sellick and Andrew Renfroe.

We’ve known for a long time that Susan Alcorn is an amazing pedal steel guitarist. With ‘Pedernal,’ we now know that she is an amazing all-around artist, too.