Nashville – When I think of a live album, I think of the screaming crowd, the distorted sound, the difficulty hearing. It’s unusual for me to enjoy these types of albums simply because I find it overwhelming and annoying. Dynamo has completely shifted this way of thinking for me with their debut live album, Live
Photo by Frank Maddock Gary Clark Jr. hates the term bluesman. Judging from his brand of music, you would expect this new artist to embrace the label, but being a nasty guitar player is only the tip of the iceberg to this man’s talents. Sort of like a latter day John Mayer, Clark can play
Orange County-based piano songstress Emily Simonian’s is one of the better debut EPs you are going to hear. The singer/songwriter has been carefully crafting Pale Green for some time and the result is one of the early surprises of 2011. Simonian has one of the best natural voices out there. Her songwriting plays to her
Montreal-based jazz musician Colin Stetson is one of the few artists in his genre that is able to play music elegantly, yet can retain a rock n roll edge to his sound. The horn player possesses exquisite skill and genre-defying creativity that make his second solo record, New History Warfare Vol. 2 so unique and
Not many albums have the potential to make such significant waves in the genres of blues, soul, jazz, and trip hop like that of Georgia Anne Muldrow. Her latestes album as her apparent alter-ego Jyoti is her latest expedition through uncharted waters, fearlessly blazing on with confidnece and finesse. Here’s a painstaking breakdown of Ocotea’s