new release Archive
09 Jun 2020
Album Review: Miles Davis – Music From and Inspired by ‘Birth of the Cool’
There’s a trend in recent years: when releasing a film’s companion audio, the CD is sometimes branded as “Music From and Inspired By…” That gives to compiler of the audio […]
08 Jun 2020
Brushfire Stankgrass: Making Up for Lost Time
“We’re not a bluegrass band,” insists Will Saylor, co-leader with brother Ben in Brushfire Stankgrass. Instead, the popular Asheville quartet uses bluegrass as the launching point for its musical excursions, […]
07 Jun 2020
Album Review: Vito Dieterle and Joel Forrester – StatusSphere
Jazz fans are likely to pick up on the in-joke of this album’s cover art immediately. It’s a visual homage to the 1957 LP Monk’s Music. And the two round […]
06 Jun 2020
Album Review: Ella 100 – Live at the Apollo!
The First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald was among the most influential vocalists of the 20th century. Her distinctive voice, her seemingly effortless and natural delivery and her winning personality […]
05 Jun 2020
Album Review: David Cross and Peter Banks — Crossover
David Cross came to fame as member of King Crimson during the band’s first run of incarnations; he played violin on Larks Tongues in Aspic and Starless and Bible Black. […]
29 May 2020
Album Review: The Corner Laughers — Temescal Telegraph
Based in Redwood City, The Corner Laughers craft a brand of pop that’s sophisticated, clever, erudite and memorable – one that follows in the proud tradition of great songwriting artists […]
27 May 2020
Album Review: Game Theory — Across the Barrier of Sound
One of the larger projects that Omnivore Recordings has undertaken in recent years is the Game Theory catalog. The alternative rock band (there are other labels that might apply, but […]
26 May 2020
Album Review: Andrew Gold — Something New: Unreleased Gold
Andrew Gold’s name has been circulating quite a bit of late, at least in music nerd circles. And that’s pretty remarkable considering that he passed away just about nine years […]
23 May 2020
Album Review: Gordon Anderson — Moon Man
It’s sometimes said – and unfairly so – that people who are in the business side of the music business are essentially failed, frustrated musicians themselves. My own experience is […]
22 May 2020
Gilbert O’Sullivan: All About the Songs (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … The album track “Love How You Leave Me” reminds me a little bit of Randy Newman and Van Dyke Parks. Both of them are American […]