REVIEWS

With his latest EP, “High Life,” veteran saxophonist Luis Alas steps confidently into the spotlight as a smooth jazz artist […]

Masquerade’s latest EP, “Darkest Hours,” takes a small-scale concept and quietly expands into a moving record that is deeply human.

Sarasota-based bandoneonist Alex Roitman and his ensemble offer a compact but richly flavored debut album with “La Cocina de Tango.”

German jazz artist Björn Martin Klaus tests the limits of his instrument with “Wood, Wire & Shadows,” a double-bass solo

Shawn Michael Perry continues his mission of highlighting Native American heritage with his latest single, “Red Earth,” a song that

Damien Musto makes a statement of quiet confidence with his latest single: “Goodbye,” a song that transforms the pain of

Rosino Serrano’s Orquesta Moderna and pianist-composer Alex Mercado deliver a modern jazz orchestra masterpiece with “Coalescencia”. While it may look

Rebecca Rafla’s Fundamentally Unfinished is an assured debut that understands something simple but difficult to pull off: romance in jazz

Christopher Sánchez’s “Latin Jazz Meets Opera” is an intriguing crossover album framed as a journey through Dominican memory, New York

New York-based pianist Colin Heshmat makes an adventurous debut with his upcoming release, “Elastic Groove”. Rather than using flash for

Bellstar’s latest album, “Before a Fall” is a genre-defying release that intrigues the listener as much as it entertains. It

Bullets and Butterflies come out swinging on “Not Yours to Lose,” a lean, hard-hitting rock anthem that packs a surprising

Rebekah Snyder celebrates the emotional pull of home with her latest single, “Small Town.” Sitting comfortably in the country and

Immediately announcing her bold artistic identity and willingness to take risks, Liz Cracchiolo’s “Just a Girl I’m a Woman” is

Circus Mind’s latest album, “Road Less Travelled” plays like a full-band carnival of American groove music, with funk-rock at its

Rich Willey’s “Laid Back Vol. 1” is a cheerful, groove-forward jazz album that wears its title honestly, but not lazily.

Atlanta-based musician Dusty Edinger’s new single, “Jack of All Trades,” lands as a bright, self-assured melodic rock cut with enough

With “Mother Magnolia,” Dusky Waters continues to establish herself as one of the most compelling voices emerging from the contemporary

Christine Fawson’s latest release, “It Could Happen To You” unfolds like a confident portrait of a dual-language jazz artist who

Fred Presley’s latest single, “My Greatest Disaster” is a reflective Americana ballad that turns a phrase of defeat into a

Kenny Foster delivers a clever and surprisingly poignant folk-pop meditation on the limits of wealth with his latest single, “Poor

Ja Fearce’s latest single, “00’ Shawty,” off his upcoming album, “Shawty,” feels effortless on the surface, but reveals a surprising

On his latest album, “Falcón in Blue,” Alejandro Falcón delivers a richly textured exploration of Afro-Cuban jazz that feels both

I’ve had the pleasure to write about Gibrish going back 12 years now and honestly each time the band seemed

With her latest album, “Purple Raging Flower,” Laura Sumner continues her emotionally candid blend of folk-rock, Americana, and singer-songwriter storytelling.

Following the emotionally charged classic-rock introspection of his debut album “7,” Jordan Seven returns with “Mercury,” a record determined to

New York-based singer-songwriter Nicholas Lopardo continues constructing his hard rock/pop punk artistic persona Minimum Champion with his latest release “I

The debut single by Brooklyn-based duo Ruby & Sasha, “Outdoor Shower,” arrives with the kind of understated emotional clarity that

I don’t trust people who are too relaxed in songs about the beach. Never have. Somewhere underneath all that suntan

The latest album from Kilbey Kennedy, “Things We Did On Earth,” builds upon the Australian duo’s experimental sound palette as

There’s a moment in Harry Kappen’s “Distant Shore” where the whole song seems to levitate right out of the room

Ruth Rothwell’s unveiling of her new artistic persona, Empire Child, arrives with the weight of lived experience behind it. Her

With “Inside These Four Walls,” C. Charles Jones delivers a quietly intimate indie-folk confession that turns emotional isolation into something

There is a distinctly cinematic quality to “Detective Stories 2.0 – Memories of Love and Crime and Death – Sgt.

Last Charge of the Light Horse has spent more than two decades chronicling the emotional textures of ordinary life, and

The upcoming science fiction thriller Human Nature is poised to become the must-read novel of Summer 2026 when it launches

The title track from Jim Duff’s new project, “More Than Love,” arrives as one of the most emotionally direct and

There is something gloriously unruly about “Send Barron,” the latest single from the funk-rock collective: The Heard Eye. Released amid

With his latest release, “One of These Days,” Fred Presley delivers the kind of single that grows on you without

The expanded edition of Golden (Deluxe) finds Slow Burn Drifters leaning further into the aesthetic that made their 2025 debut