Korby Lenker’s ‘Man In The Maroon’ Set for Release May 21
Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, road warrior, published author, screenwriter and storyteller, [...]
DUFFMUSIQ – Sidewalk Sequel
DUFFMUSIQ Sidewalk Sequel To draw from the title of his [...]
AJ Fullerton Album Release Listening Party Today
To celebrate his new album dropping on the Vizztone label [...]
World Premiere Video: Tomislav Goluban Feat. Kelly Zirbes ‘Shoestring Blues’
After a 20-year music career and 11 studio albums, the [...]
Grammy-Winning Songwriter/Producer Daniel Lanois Releases New Album, ‘Heavy Sun’
Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Daniel Lanois has released his new [...]
Exclusive World Premiere Video: Rosedale Junction’s ‘The Blizzard of ’73’
Americana blues band Rosedale Junction preserves the idea of the [...]
“The Sixth Sense” – standard for XXI century fusion guitar
When one listens to the powerful guitar playing of Roman [...]
Damon Fowler Is a Very Lucky Man
Guitarist/singer/songwriter Damon Fowler is a product of Florida’s Gulf Coast. [...]
Smooth Christian jazz trailblazer Michael Canaan is ‘Caught Up In The Clouds’
Michael Canaan (Image courtesy of Turning Point Media Relations) EP to [...]
Paula Cole Announces New Album, Shares New Song
Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Paula Cole has announced her upcoming [...]
Allison Russell Announces Debut Solo Album ‘Outside Child’
On May 21st, Allison Russell will release her first ever [...]
Prepared Piano Albums from Benoît Delbecq and Satoko Fujii
The Weight Of Light by Benoît Delbecq was released on [...]
Notes and tones: Four releases showcase jazz artists on the move
Playing catch-up — again. Seems somewhere along the line musicians [...]
Swiss Pianist/Composer Nik Bärtsch Explores Listening as a Dynamic Process with Solo Album, Entendre
A fascinating solo album from the Swiss pianist and composer, [...]
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band Finds Redemption With ‘Dance Songs For Hard Times’
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band hails from Nashville. Nashville, [...]
Robert Finley to Release Dan Auerbach-Produced Album, ‘Sharecropper’s Son,’ On May 21st
Today, Robert Finley announced Sharecropper’s Son, the career-defining new album [...]
Articles
Nat King Cole – Jazz Pianist – Part 1
“Perhaps the first great crossover musician, Cole's evolution from dazzling pianist to luxuriant crooner has often caused the wringing of hands in the jazz audience. Yet one also wonders [...]
Notes and tones: Jazz Appreciation Month feels different this year
[Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Jazz Appreciation Month. Part One is an overview; Part Two will offer some specific domestic and international highlights, including [...]
The Undiscovered Dave Brubeck Quartet – Part 1
Dave Brubeck’s tunes and songs dotted the American musical landscape during the second half century of the 20th century and beyond. Brubeck [1920-2012] is perhaps best known as the [...]
Glastonbury Favorite Grainne Duffy Gains Chart Success With Sensational ‘Voodoo Blues’ Album
What started out as a slow burning, blues-rocking CD release last October, Voodoo Blues is deservedly achieving acclaim of incendiary proportions as word travels globally about Grainne Duffy’s best [...]
Jaco Pastorius, An Introduction To The Jazz Legend
Jaco Pastorius often told people that he was the greatest bass player in the world. During his brief, mercurial career, there was enough truth to his contention that his [...]
‘The Pure Musical Grace of Self-Confidence’ — Professional Instructor and Internationally Celebrated Pianist Matthew Xiong Teaches Musicians How to Battle Through Performance Anxiety
ALLSTON, Mass., Concert Pianist Matthew Xiong announced he was currently teaching musicians of all levels, and specializes in the skill of helping pupils work through performance anxiety issues. Matthew began [...]
Thinking in Jazz – “Seeing Out A Bit”
“It all goes from imitation to assimilation to innovation. You move from the imitation stage to the assimilation stage when you take little bits of things from different people [...]
Pinheiro Ineke Cavalli – Turn Out The Stars – The Music of Bill Evans
“I can recall quite vividly the very first time I heard Bill Evans play. I was about seventeen years old and had already been subjugated by Miles Davis with [...]
Will music festivals happen in 2021? Here’s what we know
After a year with no live music, large-scale festivals are making a triumphant return in 2021 — for the most part. A handful of major music festivals have announced [...]
Milford Graves obituary | Jazz
Drumming is a matter of doing several different and difficult things at the same time, and Milford Graves, who has died aged 79, extended that agility to just about [...]
Anita Baker: Rapture | Review
Quiet storm, a Black radio format that developed in the late-’70s around pebble-smooth R&B balladry, is one of the rare subgenre names that suggests the ideal context for itself. [...]
‘It’s like missing Christmas and Thanksgiving’ | Jazz Fest vendors ready for return
Last year was different, but this year, many are ready for the sights, sounds and flavors to return NEW ORLEANS — Jazz Fest is back this year and people [...]
Veronica Lewis Joins the Intrepid Artists Family
Really excited to announce today that Intrepid Artists Int’l has signed Blue Heart Records recording artists, Veronica Lewis for Worldwide Bookings. Veronica is a confident young lady, singer/songwriter and [...]
New Stages for the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective Emily Tian
It’s been an intensely productive year for the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective, despite all pandemic-era expectations to the contrary. First, when the pandemic suddenly felled plans for the YUJC’s [...]
TRAILBLAZING COMPOSER AND ORCHESTRA LEADER MARIA SCHNEIDER WINS TWO GRAMMY AWARDS
"Best Instrumental Composition" for "Sputnik" from Data Lords "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album" for Data Lords "On the whole and in the details, it amounts to the most daring work of Schneider's [...]
SULTANS OF STRING take their Global Grooves & Goodwill to hearts and homes with their FOOD BANK LIVESTREAM FUNDRAISING CONCERT!
Sultans of String are celebrating with a multimedia Livestream with their amazing collaborators, with live performances, guest appearances, spoken word, conversation and video exclusives by Sultans [...]