jazz Archive
01 May 2025
30 Days Out, May 2025 #1: Atomic Crumb, Future Islands, EXTC, Thee Sacred Souls
Wow. Lots of great live music coming to Asheville, and soon. Let’s dig in. Artist: Atomic Crumb Venue: Oskar Blues Date: Saturday, May 17, 1 p.m. Door: $free (but c’mon: […]
21 Apr 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for April 2025: Jazz
A quick look at five new(ish) jazz releases worthy of your attention. Pony Boy All-star Big Band – This is Now Big band jazz enjoyed its heyday many decades ago. […]
15 Apr 2025
30 Days Out, April 2025 #2: La Luz, Bonnie Raitt, Empire Strikes Brass, Badbadnotgood
Happy Tax Day! Go see some live music. If you please, here are a few really, really good suggestions. The Ramones sang “New York City really has it all,” but […]
01 Apr 2025
30 Days Out, April 2025 #2: Ripe, Mystery Lights, Consider the Source, Rhiannon Giddens
You can’t keep a great city down. Big things are happening in Asheville. It was just six months ago that we sustained devastating and deadly damage from Tropical Storm Helene; […]
15 Mar 2025
30 Days Out, March 2025 #2: Jane Monheit, Eleanor Underhill, Ska City, Ana Popovic
This go-round features two local artists and two touring ones. All four are well worth seeing and hearing. Artist: Jane Monheit Venue: Wortham Center Date: Saturday, March 15, 8 p.m. […]
14 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: Sun Ra
Okay, so maybe Sun Ra wasn’t from outer space. And yet… maybe he was. But his music was certainly out of this world. I’ve had the pleasure of hearing and […]
12 Mar 2025
Oakland Trio is a ‘MeloDious’ Family Affair
The members of Oakland music trio MeloDious are all under 20 years of age. Siblings from a musical family, MeloDious combines superb musicianship and a warm and accessible jazz-informed sound, […]
08 Mar 2025
Album Review: Mandoki Soulmates – A Memory of Our Future
Maybe you’ve heard of Mandoki Soulmates; until very recently I was completely unfamiliar with the jazz-prog supergroup – more of a collective, really – founded in 1992 by German-Hungarian musician […]
06 Mar 2025
Album Review: Al Jarreau – Wow! Live at the Childe Harold
I’ve written many times of the important work being done by Zev “Jazz Detective” Feldman. Zev is an archivist par excellence, and in recent years he has brought a bounty […]
05 Mar 2025
Album Review: Sun Ra – Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank
As acclaimed music journalist and critic J.D. Considine emphasizes in his liner notes for Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank, “people were more likely to have heard […]