The well-decorated Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, with only three albums to his name, makes a bold move to control his artistic direction while providing a home for the next generation of
The fearless Neko Case has returned from a seven-year hiatus with perhaps her most fully realized album to date. Neon Grey Midnight Green is a title only Case could conceive,
Partnership, humility, and deep dives into American folk, blues, and gospel are the threads that run through Robert Plant’s post-Led Zeppelin output. While humility is not the first word associated
My Life Matters is the third Blue Note album from drummer and composer Johnathan Blake. A commission from The Jazz Gallery in 2017 inspired Blake to pursue a path of
What began as an experiment has proved to have lasting legs. If you were to read this quote from co-founder Dave Alvin out of context, you’d swear it pertains to
Tomboy is singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maia Sharp’s tenth solo album. The album is a celebration of the true self, personal, and mostly uplifting, rather than mired in the depths of
Some things are best left alone. One of today’s top live bands, Tedeschi Trucks Band (TTB), had success revisiting the rock classic, Layla, but Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited (Live
Two forces may be converging here. For years, Jerry Joseph & the Jackmorons fans have missed recorded versions of their favorite songs at live shows. Although in the liners, Joseph
Geographic locale seems to be a moving target with Rodney Crowell. His 2023 album was titled The Chicago Sessions, though the Houston-born singer-songwriter is in the lineage of the great
The fourth album by the 17-piece Christian McBride Big Band is nothing like your dad’s big band albums. Without Further Ado, Vol. 1 is as much a vocal album as
