'So New York' is grand! This Steven Blane album is full of vintage jazz/pop aromas that give off tantalizing wisps of elusive familiarity similar to the heady music of the ‘40s and ‘50s.
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Music Review: Steve Wheeler – ‘Terminal Velocity’ EP
'Terminal Velocity' radiates sonic brio, graceful energy, and primal momentum of imminent majesty.
Read More »Music Review: Water Seed – ‘Say Yeah!! Live at the Blue Nile’ Delivers a Big Funk Party Band Sound
'Say Yeah!! Live at the Blue Nile' is tremendous. Water Seed certainly deliver the goods on this album.
Read More »Music Reviews: Big Band Jazz Albums from Andrew Neu and Glenn Crytzer
Some excellent big band recordings have come out recently, proving this storied and lively jazz subgenre continues to sizzle all these decades after the heydays of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Glenn Miller.
Read More »Music Review: Harsh Armadillo – ‘Bite’ EP Metes Out Smooth Funk
If you’re into smooth, delicious jazz-flavored funk, then 'Bite' is your thing.
Read More »Music Review: Akshara Music Ensemble – ‘Mohana Blues’
'Mohana Blues' is the kind of music that, like coffee, is an acquired taste.
Read More »Music Review: Mitra Sumara – ‘Tahdig’ Presents ‘60s Persian Pop
'Tahdig' provides delicious music full of swirling jazz, polyrhythms, and gleaming brass accents.
Read More »Music Review: Disaster Relief – ‘Disaster Relief’ Delivers Funky Heat
'Disaster Relief' is all-out funk played with fervent passion and oodles of sonic heat.
Read More »Music Review: Hungry March Band – ‘Running Through with the Sadness’
'Running Through with the Sadness' provides delicious, heady music.
Read More »MUSIC PREVIEW: Manika Kaur Set to Drop ‘Sacred Words’
'Sacred Words' radiates velvety melodies, sinuous washes of sonic pigments, and graceful milieus.
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