A thoroughly enjoyable set that will make for hours of enjoyment amongst listeners who appreciate soulful dance music.
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Music Review: Tai Shan – ‘Meet in the Middle’
Meet in the Middle is a well-honed and smoothly polished assortment of easy-listening melodies.
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New jazz albums with tie-ins to poetry, Puerto Rico, and Gustav Holst's 'The Planets'
Read More »Music Review: Ghostly Beard – ‘Inward’ Dispenses Luxurious Tones
'Inward' is one of those albums best described as luxuriously comfortable, which makes it worth your time and attention.
Read More »Music Review: A Perfect Circle – ‘Eat the Elephant’
Is rock supergroup A Perfect Circle's long-awaited third album of originals worth the 15-year wait? I think you know the (obvious) answer.
Read More »Music Review: David Hopkins – ‘Overlook’ Provides Dazzling, Imaginative Music
'Overlook' is scrumptiously innovative and imaginative, full of intersecting colors and flavors.
Read More »Concert and CD Review: Trio Vitruvi – U.S. Debut and Album Release (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 17 April 2018)
The young Danish piano trio makes a smashing U.S. concert debut upon the release of their first album, with music by Schubert, Shostakovich, and Dvořák.
Read More »Music Review: The Turbans – ‘The Turbans’
The Turbans' first album, 'The Turbans', draw upon musical traditions from around the world to create stunning music that will take your breath away.
Read More »Music Review: Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI: ‘Musica Nova: Harmonie Des Nations 1500-1700’
The celebrated musician-scholar and eminence grise of the viol offers representative pieces of what can be broadly termed the "Musica Nova" movement of the 16th and 17th centuries in Italy, France, England, Germany, Spain, and Portugal. But you don't need experience with or knowledge of early music to appreciate the beauty, and the consummate expertise, of these performances.
Read More »Music Review: Lyndol Descant – ‘All Love’
The candid lyricism of Carly Simon meets the easy listening vocalese of Fiona Apple on Lyndol Descant's new release.
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