Author Archive
10 Dec 2024
Album Review: Cal Tjader – Huracán
Cal Tjader was a prime exponent of the Latin jazz scene of the 1950s and early ‘60s. Though his activities began long before and continued long after, it’s those years […]
09 Dec 2024
Album Review: Cannonball Adderley Quintet — Live in Montreal May 1975
Saxophonist and band leader Julian “Cannonball” Adderley was at the forefront of jazz musicians who believed that jazz is the people’s music. And he lived that ethos, moving seamlessly from […]
08 Dec 2024
Music Blurbs, Vol. 4
More of my capsule commentaries. Dustin Kensrue Guitarist/singer/songwriter founded Thrice in the late 1990s when he was still attending high school in SoCal. Thrice – which has remained active save […]
07 Dec 2024
Album Review: Afterimage – Faces to Hide
“Post-punk” is one of those labels – epithets, one might even say – created by music journalist to describe a type of music, but ultimately (as some or other playwright […]
06 Dec 2024
Take Five: Forgotten Classics from Robert Palmer
It’s easy to forget the facts now, but when Robert Palmer scored worldwide mega-success with his 1985 album Riptide, he was anything but an overnight success. In fact, Palmer’s career […]
05 Dec 2024
Mannheim Steamroller: Holiday Music in the New Old Fashioned Way
For most listeners, music is a year-round experience. Yet there’s an entire category of music that’s enjoyed during the holiday season, and created expressly for the period around Christmas. And […]
04 Dec 2024
The Snozzberries: Quick Change Artists
The Snozzberries released a new self-titled album on Oct. 11. The Asheville-based group — a fixture of the progressive/psychedelic/funk scene since forming in 2017 — had already previewed the new […]
03 Dec 2024
They Might Be Giants: A Tale in Three Acts
This feature first appeared in SPIN. Combining art rock and a sense of the absurd, They Might Be Giants has never fit comfortably into a musical genre. From their start, […]
02 Dec 2024
Jubu Smith: The Music Speaks for Itself
Renowned guitarist releases bravura solo debut, won’t talk about it Jubu Smith has made a career out of applying his considerable talents to the creative pursuits of other artists. The […]
01 Dec 2024
30 Days Out, Dec. 2024 #1: LA LOM, The Nutcracker, ‘Together We Rise,’ RJD2
A popular multi-hyphenate aritst, an amazing new(ish) group putting a creative spin on an an established form, a benefit for WNC and a beloved holiday tradition (times four): those are […]