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Music Review: Mark Maze – ‘Uncomfortable Truths’
Mark Maze’s ‘Uncomfortable Truths’ offers a strong collection of radio-friendly tracks.
Read More »Music Review: Steve Earle and the Dukes – ‘Terraplane,’ the Blues Album Earle was Bound to Make
Earle and his longtime band delve into many corners of the blues and find gold in every one.
Read More »Music Reviews: The Ladies Sing Jazz – Maria Jacobs, Judi Silvano, Ellen LaFurn
Three vocalists take different approaches to the repertoire of their new albums.
Read More »Music Review: Neu Gestalt – ‘Inside the Rain Chamber’
Neu Gestalt's 'Inside the Rain Chamber' is both beautiful and disconcerting, electronic yet oddly human.
Read More »Music Review: Jerry Kalaf – ‘Welcome To Earth: Music For Trio and Sextet’
Los Angeles based drummer Jerry Kalaf is something of a musician’s musician.
Read More »Music Review: Lena Fayre – ‘OKO’
These are songs that paint a portrait of the artist as a young girl.
Read More »Music Review: Jazz-Crossover Albums from Roger Davidson, Gary Gray, and Pascal Bokar
These albums are excellent reminders that genre labels have their limits, a testament not to anyone's lack of imagination but to the universality of this thing we call music.
Read More »Music Review: Steve Turre – ‘Spiritman’
'Spiritman' is a welcome addition to Smoke Sessions’ expanding catalog.
Read More »Music Review: The Vespers – ‘Sisters and Brothers’
This quartet of two sisters and two brothers write and record anthemic Americana songs that thump and shine in equal measure.
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