instrumental Archive
15 May 2023
30 Days Out, May 2023 #2: Jonny Couch, Acid Mothers Temple, Sierra Ferrell, Randall Bramblett
Four nationally-touring acts are among the live music highlights in Asheville in the coming 30 days. Go see ‘em, and support local artists as well. Artist: Jonny Couch Venue: Fleetwood’s […]
14 May 2023
Hundred Word Reviews, May 2023 Part 3
Jason Blake – Subsequent Ruins Seeing the 7D Media logo on this CD meant that Subsequent Ruins went straight onto the must-hear pile. Y’see, that’s the New Mexico-based label that’s […]
13 May 2023
Hundred Word Reviews, May 2023 Part 2
Hey hey – it’s time for some more succinct surveys of superb sounds. Hundred-word stylee. Here we go. Ransom and the Subset – Perfect Crimes It’s been nearly a decade […]
30 Apr 2023
Album Review: Stephan Thelen — Fractal Guitar 3
The idea that classical music and popular forms of music can coexist isn’t a new one. The Moody Blues bridged the gap between the two with Days of Future Passed […]
25 Apr 2023
Album Review: Electric Beethoven – Hear No Evil
The musical compositions of Ludwig von Beethoven are among the most durable works in the history of music. Long before the pop music term hook came into use, Beethoven was […]
23 Apr 2023
Album Review: Anchor and Burden – Kosmonautic Pilgrimage
Impressionistic bloops and bleeps. Delightfully jarring stabs of percussion. Wild throbs of thunderous bass guitar. Otherworldly sonic textures courtesy of touch guitar. Those are merely some of the components of […]
21 Apr 2023
Album Review: Walter Bishop Jr. – Bish at the Bank
Baltimore, Maryland had a thriving and lively jazz scene in the mid-to late 1960s and well into the early ‘70s. Proof positive was the success of the Famous Ballroom, a […]
20 Apr 2023
Album Review: Shirley Scott – Queen Talk
One of the fascinating and often defining characteristics of jazz is the manner in which artists draw upon the work of others, bending it to their own purposes. The recasting […]
19 Apr 2023
Album Review: Sonny Stitt – Boppin’ in Baltimore
Zev Feldman and Cory Weeds truly are jazz detectives. Together or on their own, these two men are responsible for bringing treasure troves of previously unheard jazz recordings to the […]
08 Apr 2023
Album Review: Leon Alvarado — Charging the Electric Dream
I’ve covered at least two previous releases from Leon Alvarado. 2014’s Music from an Expanded Universe was a kind of ambient chillwave set; The Future Left Behind (2016) leaned in […]