review Archive
19 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant made some of the most distinctive progressive rock of the 1970s. The group’s remarkable musical sensibility set them apart from their contemporaries. I love ’em. And I have […]
18 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: Marshall Crenshaw
When Marshall Crenshaw released his debut album in 1982, it was a breath of fresh air. The former Beatlemania cast member (and future MC5 guitarist; no, really) would go on […]
16 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: Yes
I’ve lost count of how many current or former members of Yes I’ve interviewed. I’ve also reviewed a number of their releases. Here’s a random roundup of the latter. Talk […]
14 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: Sun Ra
Okay, so maybe Sun Ra wasn’t from outer space. And yet… maybe he was. But his music was certainly out of this world. I’ve had the pleasure of hearing and […]
13 Mar 2025
Review Roundup: Residents
I write a lot of reviews, I do. And I write about some artists more than others. Here’s a roundup of reviews covering releases from everyone’s favorite incredibly strange outfit, […]
09 Mar 2025
Album Review: Jovin Webb – Drifter
Coming to fame as a contestant on the pop music TV competition American Idol isn’t the most conventional path for a blues artist. But in the end, if the talent, […]
08 Mar 2025
Album Review: Mandoki Soulmates – A Memory of Our Future
Maybe you’ve heard of Mandoki Soulmates; until very recently I was completely unfamiliar with the jazz-prog supergroup – more of a collective, really – founded in 1992 by German-Hungarian musician […]
07 Mar 2025
Album Review: B.B. King in France
Zev Feldman – the man known far and wide as the Jazz Detective – has unearthed many previously unheard recordings of both historical import and essential listening. The large majority […]
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 […]