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Music Review: Pascal Bokar – ‘Guitar Balafonics’
All Bokar’s passions are on display on his February release, 'Guitar Balafonics.'
Read More »Music Review: Little Richard – ‘Directly From My Heart: The Best of the Specialty & Vee-Jay Years’
Most of the rock and roll from Little Richard's early career is collected here on three discs, including all the big hits.
Read More »Music Review: Rooftop Revolutionaries – ‘White’ EP
On 'White,' by the Rooftop Revolutionaries, lead singer Eleanor Goldfield provides wailing, throat-ripping vocals. Imagine a hybrid of Joan Jett and Patty Smyth pumped up on performance enhancing substances.
Read More »Music Review: Steve Benjamins – ‘Sightlines’ EP
The six tracks on ‘Sightlines’ range from downtempo pop to dance/house-flavoured.
Read More »Music Reviews: Jazz Singers Times Four – Rebecca DuMaine, Michael Dees, Steve Cromity, Joanna Wallfisch
New albums from contemporary jazz singers with varying agendas.
Read More »Music Review: Mark Weinstein – ‘In Jerusalem’
Music is music, and in the hands of the right musician any and all music is ripe for creative renewal.
Read More »Music Reviews: Jazz for the Jazz-Shy from John Tropea, Pat Bianchi Trio, and the Gary McFarland Legacy Ensemble
Gary McFarland, the jazz musician, composer and arranger who 'should have been a pop star,' left behind and eclectic discography and a wealth of superb material that deserves just such a tribute as this.
Read More »Music Review: Avant-Garde Jazz from Rent Romus, Markus Hunt, and Sun Ra
Postmodern jazz old and new.
Read More »Music Review: Wes Montgomery – ‘In the Beginning’
'In the Beginning' is not the mature Wes Montgomery at the top of his game, but early Montgomery is nothing to sneer at.
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