Two new albums feature opposite extremes of jazz vocalizing.
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Music Review: The Chaz Lipp Groove Tripp – ‘Good Merlin’
'Good Merlin' is, indeed, good magic and a groove trip!
Read More »Music Review: Various Artists – ‘Max’s Kansas City: 1976 & Beyond’ (Feat. New York Dolls, Iggy Pop, Cherry Vanilla, Sid Vicious, & More)
Over 40 years after its initial release, 'Max's Kansas City 1976' has been greatly expanded (from 10 to 40 tracks) and is an indispensable source of music history of a club that spawned the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Velvet Underground, New York Dolls, and along with CBGB's, the NYC punk movement itself.
Read More »Retro Modern: En Vogue – ‘Whatever’
'Whatever' is but one of many moments in En Vogue's canon that show their gift of making music that stretches the limits of listeners' imaginations.
Read More »Concert Review: Chiara String Quartet with Clarinetist Todd Palmer (NYC, 11 May 2017)
The superb musicians of the Chiara offered Pierre Jalbert's fine new String Quartet No. 6 and, with Palmer, Brahms' Clarinet Quintet at the Metropolitan Museum.
Read More »Concert Review: Dillon Lane Syndicate at Schnitzel Haus, Brooklyn, NY April 29, 2017
Equally as good as the originals, Dillon Lane Syndicate keep the iridescence of classic rock's flame burning bright.
Read More »Music Review: Mary Bragg – ‘Lucky Strike’
With a voice like a clear mountain stream, rippled with emotion and swirled with a hint of gold-dust gravel, Americana singer-songwriter Mary Bragg infuses each song with passion quickened by intelligent lyrics and resonant melodies, all backed up by superb musicianship and production.
Read More »Retro Modern: Hanson – ‘Middle of Nowhere’
'Middle of Nowhere' has remained as precocious as it was in 1997, brimming with zest and the promise of a band that had a sound that was only just beginning to make itself known.
Read More »Music Review: Eric Bibb – ‘Migration Blues’
This album was well-conceived and well-executed. It tells stories and delivers messages we need to hear and does it with marvelous vocals and musicianship.
Read More »Concert Review: Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and Pianist Akira Eguchi (NYC, 20 April 2017)
Celebrated violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and pianist Akira Eguchi's program ranged from the 28-year-old Beethoven's teemingly imaginative first violin sonata to an evocative work for violin and electronics written in 2009 by the then also 28-year-old Jakub Ciupinski, inspired by the WWII wreck of an Italian ship.
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