Henry Threadgill’s Trio Creates Brilliant Art Jazz
For jazz that is still moving the art forward, Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, and Dafnis Prieto’s Fifteen is right on the money.
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Mary Halvorson and Ambrose Akinmusire Connect to Jazz History
Mary Halvorson and Ambrose Akinmusire’s new LP feels more like an hour of tapas than a tasting menu, which makes it charming and crystalline and leaves room for something more.
Hurray For the Riff Raff Are at a Vibrant, Outspoken Peak
Live Forever captures one of the best sounding tours of 2025, revealing Hurray For the Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra as one of the leading musical voices of the 2020s.
Carolina Chocolate Drops Bring the Past to Delight
Carolina Chocolate Drops’ third album is still revolutionary and lays out a singular vision that’s traditional, innovative, scholarly, and fun.
Neba Solo and Benego Diakité Are Masters of Their Traditions
Neba Solo and Benego Diakité have a subtle leadership, guiding other musicians who record with them, filling out ten gently intricate tracks with aural warmth.
Robert Plant Is Still Enthusiastic About His Discoveries
If you were to stumble into a pub somewhere in Wales late on a rainy evening, Robert Plant’s Saving Grace is precisely what you’d want to hear.
Molly Tuttle Dives Headfirst Into Entertaining Country Pop
Molly Tuttle, hot off a significant Grammy nomination, pivots her sound into a lovely country pop new direction and tells PopMatters all about it.
Brad Mehldau Immortalizes Elliott Smith on Brilliant LP
Ride Into the Sun is brimming with incredible ideas and brilliant musicianship, and may be one of the finest albums in Brad Mehldau’s illustrious discography.
Molly Tuttle Goes Solo with Delightful New Record
Molly Tuttle’s So Long Little Miss Sunshine finds her stretching out her sound, though her songwriting and guitar skills continue to be on full display.
Mary Halvorson Is Always Thrilling and Amazing
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.
David Longstreth’s New LP Shows Beauty Spiked with Damage
Song of the Earth is daring and sincere; it is an artistic statement enshrining David Longstreth’s musical versatility, creativity, and nuanced moments of resistance.
Is Wilco’s ‘A Ghost Is Born’ Reissue the Perfect Box Set?
That most of the extras on Wilco’s A Ghost Is Born gel into a cohesive listen is a hell of a triumph. That they entice enough for repeat listens is nothing short of a miracle.