marbin Archive
11 Oct 2017
Marbin: Flight or Flight
A cynic might say that the defining characteristic of jazz-rock fusion is that it pleases neither the jazz fan nor the rock aficionado. But after a few years playing together in Marbin, guitarist Dani Rabin and saxophonist Danny Markovitch found that they had become a fusion band. And the group’s success puts the lie to
28 Jan 2016
Hundred-word Reviews January 2016: Prog
Today I’m serving up five more hundred-word reviews; today’s five all fit more or less into the progressive rock category, and they’re sourced from across this globe of ours. Mekaal Hasan Band – Andholan Talk about genre labels: I have some issues with the term “world music.” While often well-intentioned, it marginalizes most anything outside
17 Dec 2014
Album Review: Marbin — The Third Set
Generally, I avoid reviewing more than one album by relatively unknown artists; even less often – never before, as far as I know – do I review two albums within the space of a year. But Marbin’s the real deal. Jazz-rock is a nearly meaningless term, so instead I might describe them as progressive rock
05 Feb 2014
Hundred Word Reviews: February 2014, Part One
The backlog of music here at Musoscribe World Headquarters has gotten massive; it’s nearly overwhelming. Anyone who tells you that there’s no good new music out there clearly doesn’t deserve your attention. These albums, however, do. That said, the only practical way for me to cover them is to do so in a truncated fashion.