new release Archive
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 […]
02 Mar 2025
Album Review: The Big Ol’ Nasty Getdown – Repurpose Purpose Vol. 1
One of the many qualities that sets jazz – especially the ‘50s and ‘60s era variants – apart from rock is the loose-aggregation approach. Rather than coalesce around bands in […]
26 Feb 2025
Dream Theater’s Third Act Commences with ‘Parasomnia’
With founding drummer back in the fold, progressive metal heroes return for 16th studio album One of prog-metal’s most acclaimed groups has returned to its roots – and its most […]
25 Feb 2025
Album Review: Mile Marker Zero – Coming of Age
Listeners who luxuriate in the heartbreakingly fragile, melancholy moments within Steven Wilson’s catalog – songs like “The Raven Refused to Sing” – have something new they should hear. Even though […]
24 Feb 2025
Los Tigres del Norte: Representing in Words and Music
San Jose’s own Los Tigres del Norte are a major force in the Spanish-speaking musical world. Seven-time Grammy (and 12-time Latin Grammy) Award winners, the group has built and cultivated […]
21 Feb 2025
Album Review: Trees Speak — Mind Maze
As I mentioned in a recent review, Mind Maze, the 2023 album by Arizona-based instrumental band Trees Speak slipped by without my notice. And as I’ve emphasized on many occasions, […]
20 Feb 2025
Album Review: The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
Launched in Louisiana and with connections to Memphis, the Elephant 6 Collective is thought of as a kind of follow-on from the Athens, Georgia musical community that brought forth the […]
19 Feb 2025
Album Review: Fania Records: The Latin Sound of New York (1964-1978)
Latin and salsa music took off in a big way in the 1950s and ‘60s. Oddly enough, it was thanks in large part to television star Desi Arnaz, Jr. – […]
17 Feb 2025
Album Review: Laura Nyro – Hear My Song: The Collection, 1966-1995
If the Mamas and the Papas were combined into one individual, or if Carole King were somehow genetically engineered to have commensurate talents but a different musical perspective, the end […]