Jameszoo Finds Inspiration in Brilliant Collaboration
It’s no surprise that Jameszoo’s warm, textured compositions work in a variety of settings. Music for 17 Musicians is brilliant and inspired.
It’s no surprise that Jameszoo’s warm, textured compositions work in a variety of settings. Music for 17 Musicians is brilliant and inspired.
Tropos possess a seemingly boundless energy supply, but it’s delivered smartly and with brilliant flair for instrumental fluidity and a sense of adventure.
Nathan O’Flynn-Pruitt will often let his guitar do the talking for long stretches, establishing moods that are sometimes reflective and frequently somber.
The latest from guitarist Mary Halvorson is another master class in jazz performance and composition. If she is the future of jazz, we are in tremendously gifted hands.
Xol Meissner’s Excess of Loss is a bold, intoxicating artistic statement, full of David Lynchian mystery and dark desire. You won’t hear another record quite like this.
As the 1980s dawned and punk began to morph into new wave, many established artists altered their style to reach new audiences. We look at 20 of them.
Cyrus Pireh continues to do what he does best: Craft unique, oddly melodic, cathartic music using the raw power of the electric guitar and little else.
Alt-country artist Josiah Flores draws on past influences to create vivid imagery in the present, blending outlaw ballads with themes of social consciousness.
Irresistible hooks and cunning arrangements abound on Peaceful Faces’ new record led by singer-songwriter Tree Palmedo.
Composer Jesse Quebbeman-Turley crafts an arresting new EP that seamlessly blends old and new styles, forming what he calls “West Coast Medieval Ambient”.
For an album as ethereal and otherworldly as this, Under a Familiar Sun is the Vernon Spring’s bid to capture hearts and minds, however mysteriously.
The latest work from Berlin-based composer Catherine Lamb invites the listener on a voyage that involves deep listening.