vinyl Archive
17 Aug 2022
Album Review: Tamar Berk — The Restless Dreams of Youth
Way back in the heyday of rock and pop, artists who scored a record deal were required to churn out a new collection of songs every few months. That furious […]
19 Jun 2022
Album Review: Ellen Starski — Sara’s Half Finished Love Affair
Tuneful, heartfelt and impeccably arranged singer-songwriter fare is the stock in trade of Ellen Starski. On the Nashville artist’s latest release, Sara’s Half-Finished Love Affair, she presents a varied set […]
07 Jun 2022
Randall Bramblett: Lucky That Way
The music business has a built-in tendency to categorize artists: they’re a rocker, a country act, a jazz cat, a rapper or something else. And in those relatively rare instances […]
31 May 2022
Album Review: Dopapod – s/t
Interactivity is what you make it. And for their latest album, Dopapod has devised a way for listeners to immerse themselves even more deeply into the band’s unique world. The […]
30 May 2022
Album Review: Bill Evans – You Must Believe in Spring
Bill Evans was a prolific as he was gifted. In the course of his short life, Evans released more than 50 albums, and contributed his piano talents to at least […]
22 May 2022
Album Review: Teeth of England — Serrated Cuts
Dave Sinclair is a North Carolina musician, but he’s teamed up with Memphis players as Teeth of England. With a band that includes Bluff City mainstay Jack Oblivian on drums, […]
21 May 2022
Album Review: Louis Armstrong — The Nightclubs
A new compilation from Dot Time Records brings together an assortment of live performances by Luis Armstrong. Dating from the first half of the 1950s, these nine tracks (seven more […]
20 May 2022
Album Review: Times Beach — Step in Time
The creatively fertile arts community in the Bay Area – centered for a time around the San Francisco Arts Institute – informed the music scene. As I wrote about in […]
19 May 2022
Album Review: Tamar Berk – Start at the End
Until very recently, Tamar Berk was one of those artists with whom I was only vaguely familiar. Her name has been bandied about by those whose tastes I admire and […]
18 May 2022
Album Review: Dave Brubeck Trio – Live from Vienna 1967
The latest in posthumous recordings courtesy of the Brubeck Editions series, Live from Vienna 1967 is a thrilling, you-are-there live recording featuring the pianist and superb sidemen Joe Morello on […]