‘Introversions’ features 13 songs listeners can interpret in many ways.
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Music Review: Larry Wilson – ‘No Secrets No Lies’
Blending a myriad of sounds and instruments both acoustic and electronic, this musical journey promises a spectrum of sonic delight that’s sure to appeal to music lovers everywhere.
Read More »Music Review: Charlie Parker – ‘Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes’
With material taken from the end of the 1940s all the way up through 1952, 'Unheard Bird' finds Charlie Parker fitting his sound into such variations as fronting a big band, leading a quintet, floating effortlessly above a Latin jazz orchestra and playing alongside such jazz luminaries as Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Buddy Rich, and Dizzy Gillespie.
Read More »Music Review: Todd Apfel – ‘One Horse Town’ EP
Letting go of expectations from an Americana and folk singer and songwriter will allow listeners to give the EP a fair chance.
Read More »Music Review: Steven Price – ‘Suicide Squad’ (Original Motion Picture Score)
This decent score comes recommended with reservations - it offers plenty of content but falls a bit short on making memorable music. This WaterTower Music release is a great deal on digital formats and is also available on CD.
Read More »Music Review: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood – ‘Any Way You Love, We Know How You Feel’
'Any Way You Love, We Know How You Feel' is a dream of an album. Continuing much of the spacey jam-rock of the band’s previous three albums, it also breaks rank from those other releases and manages to forge along in a new and seemingly less restrained path.
Read More »Music DVD Review: Deep Purple – ‘Live at the NEC’
Newly released in standalone DVD and digital formats, the band's final show with founding keyboardist Jon Lord includes classic hits – "Woman from Tokyo," "Highway Star," "Hush," "Space Truckin'," and of course "Smoke on the Water."
Read More »Music Review: Scott Smith – ‘The Sum of Life’
Scott Smith’s tendency of combining catchy melodies with thoughtful lyrics makes for some solid tracks.
Read More »Music Review: Tumbler – ‘Come to the Edge’
A melodic theme permeates the entire set with enough unique twists to keep the album from being interminably, repetitively long.
Read More »Concert Review: Mark Peskanov, Julian Schwarz, Marika Bournaki – Brahms at Bargemusic (Brooklyn, 8/27/2016)
The three musicians did right by Brahms as they played some of the composer's most beautiful and dynamic music for violin, cello, and piano in Brooklyn's floating waterfront concert hall.
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