American blues musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd shows off chops and a mean rhythm section while Montreal Jazz Festival has depth and breadth.
Yearly Archives: 2014
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Miles Davis Way is named in Manhattan, The Bootleg Series has unearthed some great performances from the jazz legend, and a biopic is scheduled to start production next month.
Joe Henry has added an excellent new album to the innumerable amazing records he has created as a producer and recording artist.
Nels Cline played a gig with the Les Paul Trio at Iridium this past Monday and spoke about the experience as well as some of his other myriad projects atop Wilco.
Jack White and Broken Bells delivered stellar sets that stood out among a stacked Governors Ball lineup…
Ice T speaks about his boyhood, the history of hip hop and his film The Art of Rap, Papoose, and Body Count in this extended interview.
Kristian Bush of country music duo Sugarland nodded to The Replacements while chatting about his first solo album Southern Gravity. He road-tested songs from it at City Winery on Friday 05/30/14. His band-mates have resumes with Better Than Ezra & Erykah Badu on them and he’s been writing songs like […]
Steve Wilson led Wilsonian’s Grain through six nights at the Village Vanguard with tape machines rolling for the last two…
Walter Martin – with a special assist from a pair of his old bandmates in The Walkmen – Hamilton Leithauser and Matt Barrick, not to mention Karen O, celebrated the release of his family album We’re All Young Together at Joe’s Pub. I also spoke with Hamilton recently at WFUV […]
Bilal went a long time without putting out a new album (he explains why in this interview) but now the record company hurdles have been cleared and he is free to not only play a great show like he did the other night at Stage 48 but also record dynamite new […]
Steve Kuhn led his trio (Steve Swallow & Joey Baron) through a run of stellar performances at Birdland this week.
An all star band of New York based Brazilian Jazz musicians breathed new life into Getz Au Go Go as part of a series at Greenwich House Music School that celebrated the legacy of Cafe Au Go Go.
The Robert Cray Band, amazingly, has 40 years under its belt. Bob showcased material from his new record, In My Soul, at B.B. Kings…