Reviews music

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.

With polished young performers on many different instruments at her disposal, Podger presented a wide range of music that featured flutes, oboes, and bassoon as well as strings.

‘Broken Strings’ is made for fans of mainstream punk rock.

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.

The Furious Seasons’ ‘Look West’ manages to convey a broad range of emotions with a limited number of tools.

‘Excuses Not to Sleep’ is defined by tight rhyming and impeccable delivery.