The dialogue between the musicians has an extemporaneous voicing, drifting sporadically and changing course randomly in midstream.
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Music Review: Zlatko Kaučič and the Cerkno Jubileum Orchestra – ‘Zvocni Sejalec’
The live recording swings between conscious and subconscious thoughts.
Read More »Music Review: Jeannie Tanner – ‘Words & Music’
'Words & Music' offers a bounty of melodic jazz blends, from bossa nova to cabaret and swing.
Read More »Retro Modern: Jidenna – ‘The Chief’
Jidenna's debut, 'The Chief', is a frustrating or rewarding listening experience, depending on the individual partaking in its offerings.
Read More »Music Review: Malcolm Holcombe – Pretty Little Troubles
Holcombe creases a sense of decrepitude and weariness into his deliberately half-wrecked-sounding voice and uses both to pointed effect, speaking directly to the immigrant, the wanderer, the home-seeker in all of us.
Read More »Music Review: David Broza – ‘The Set List’
'The Set List' from David Broza is not just a greatest hits package, it's a great opportunity to get to know the music and the man.
Read More »Music Review: Chieko Honda – ‘Aquarelle’
Chieko Honda offers something new to the Brazilian samba spectrum that is both melodious and uniquely her own.
Read More »Music Review: Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives – ‘Way Out West’
Taken together the tracks on Stuart's 18th studio album form not quite a concept album but a contiguous tapestry of engagement with and love for the idealized West, from the Native American chants on the "Desert Prayer" prologue and the laid-back mariachi flavor and slide guitar licks of the tasty instrumental "El Fantasmo Del Toro" to the mellow-catchy Johnny Cash cloak of "Old Mexico" and the drugged-out haze of the title track.
Read More »Music Review: Sherri Roberts – ‘Anybody’s Spring’
Traces of cabaret and swing music can be found in the smooth texture of her register and the enchanting way she sings a lyric, emphasizing the underlying emotions and creating an intimate atmosphere.
Read More »Music Review: Ruthie Foster – ‘Joy Comes Back’
Her new album matches the blues-rock-soul singer's honeyed voice with a varied batch of songs by top talents ranging from Mississippi John Hurt to The Weepies' Deb Talan to Black Sabbath.
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