Album Reviews

For ‘Albatross’ at least, Thirsty sticks to a clearly definable, signature formula.

In a climate where the next release always needs to outdo the last. Jeff Richman is a beacon for the next generation of guitar fusion enthusiasts.

Nineteen years removed from Theaudience, Bextor's catalog runs six solo albums deep with this year's 'Familia' as proof of her power. Bextor's grasp of pop music shows an awareness that the genre isn't solely beholden to four-on-the-floor ideas; this knowledge has led her to outfox predecessors and lap contemporaries. This overview acts as an introduction to one of the brightest voices in contemporary pop.

Here is a band in full control of their talent and musicianship that had four studio albums that time would ultimately call one of the most amazing beginnings of any band ever, comparable only to the thunderous Black Sabbath’s first four albums.

Listeners looking for music to inspire a meditation of their own would do well to give ‘The Quiet Hours’ a try.

After countless listens, I feel as if I both know Fela Kuti more than I ever knew any other African artist before, and also how little I appreciated the struggles and injustices that take place across the world in other people’s hometowns or communities. It takes a strong light to shine down on some of the darkest days in the shadow. Thank god Fela Kuti burned as bright as he did for our awareness.

'We Are the Halluci Nation' from A Tribe Called Red will knock your socks off musically, intellectually, and emotionally,

The Blue Poets bring together 1970s classic rock, modern alternative rock, and blues in their self-titled album.

Soulful singer Logan Metz’s ‘The Last Remaining Payphone in L.A.’ is a beautiful composed emotion-laden experience.

The pianist captures the essences of small works by Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland as sensitively as she does songs and pieces by Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington and Howard Arlen.