Music and Opinion for the 21st Century
Superb Noir jazz vocals Billy Brandt – CITY NOIR: Comparisons have been made to singers & storytellers like Tom Waits, & while that’s cool, what Billy’s superb noir jazz vocals take me back to is one of my own vocal/spoken-word heroes, Gil Scott-Heron… you can get a an intimate view Read More
Before I start my rant, I’d like you to take just a quick glance at the numbers in the chart below… I captured this screen on 11/17/2017, so if you want to get the most current view of it, please visit the WordPress Gutenberg forum. In fact, I would MOST Read More
My pal Tony (Roc) Adamo just CAN’T STOP putting together live raps that are KILLER! He’s done just that on one of the songs from his upcoming album, titled “Sonic Henderson”, & shared the YOUTUBE video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDuYuYf-v2w) with me a couple weeks back… this thing just RAWKS, folks, and the Read More
Hennie Bekker – BEYOND DREAMS Pathways to Deep Relaxation: Hennie is an artist you need to hear… he’s been “on the scene” for decades, all ’round the globe; I first reviewed his music in issue # 119, and as impressed as I was then, when I started listening more Read More
White Sun – WHITE SUN II: These folks (the core members are Harijiwan, two-time Emmy winner Adam Berry, and White Sun’s singer Gurujas; they got high marks for me in issue # 159, especially for their ability to create songs that “stay in your head” (probably much as the ancient Read More
Bill Wren – Road To Chiang Mai: This is Bill’s third release, & I’ve reviewed each one with increasing anticipation for the next. After some personal tragedies hit him hard, he wound up (as artist-types often do) re-thinking where he was at & what he was doing! After re-marrying around Read More
Arun Shenoy & The Groove Project – A STAGEY BANK AFFAIR: It’s been a while since I wrote my first review of Arun’s splendid instrumental works (issue # 131), and I’m even more enchanted on this new release than I was on that first album. One part of this new Read More
Ann Licater – BEYOND THE WAVES: As long-term readers of this magazine know, I’ve been reviewing Ann’s work for a long, long time now… at least since 2010, and perhaps before that! She has a splendid array of players joining her flute work on this release, including Arielle, Arnaé Read More
Get Tribal – RADIO GOD: The music on this deeply moving album uses drums to help you “align”body, while energizing spirit (much like Yoga) with the sounds of the universe. Creator Kari Hohne is an expert in many things, but it’s clear that her focus has been music Read More
Agrelia’s Castle – ELDERS & ANCESTORS: The image you see above is of two very special musicians; husband and wife Paul and April Brown created the beautiful music on this release as a part of their journey together through the challenges of cancer. I have listened to (literally) thousands Read More