REVIEWS

Following the success of his earlier project “Latin Crossroads”, veteran pianist and composer Gino Amato returns with the much-awaited sequel: […]

The Great American Songbook is a comfort zone for jazz performers and audiences alike. These are tunes we know by

With her latest release, The Croft of Grimme’s Tales, Monique Grimme steps out of her shell as a producer and

Up-and-coming Austrian jazz vocalist and pianist Lilimae (Lili Maljic) makes her first full-length statement with “The Nearness of You –

The camera pans to a young child running through an open field with the American flag in hand, while a

Arizona-based singer-songwriter Charlie Icon crafts an impeccable record with his latest EP, “Gas Station Nachos.” The EP’s title really subverts

Minnesota-based indie punk artist Zach Ewald was never one to shy away from ideologically charged music, and his latest EP,

Las Vegas-based saxophonist and composer Rick Kelller returns with a powerfully uplifting new release: “Heroes.” This album pays homage to

New York-based saxophonist Todd Herbert reaffirms his place in the lineage of straight-ahead jazz with his latest release, “Captain Hubs.”

Alias Wayne, the genre-blending project of singer-songwriter Ranzel X Kendrick, returns with Butterfly, a delicate two-minute ballad. For an artist

Montreal-based saxophonist and composer Steve Rosenbloom stakes his claim to the long lineage of the big band tradition with his

Having recorded reinterpretations of The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations” and Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” earlier this year, Les Fradkin

As someone who’s spent over two decades in audio production—editing, mixing, mastering, and tearing waveforms apart frame by frame—I’m rarely

Activism through music is often a difficult balancing act where artists must walk the tightrope between advocating their cause and

Angles, by the Douglas Ray Jaffe Project, is a set of four singles culminated into an EP release, with the

With “Running Through My Mind,” guitarist and composer David Bailis delivers a record that is both modern in its electric

Generations makes a powerful statement with their debut single “Mess We Leave Behind,” an intimate, late-summer indie-folk ballad. Consisting of

Rev. Peter Unger has built a reputation over many years as a singer-songwriter whose music is rooted in faith, hope,

Blake Red returns from a four-year studio silence with “Scorpion,” a compact, hard-edged anthem that pairs blistering alt-rock/metal instrumentation with

After a hiatus of over five years, Frances Ancheta returns with an album three years in the making: “Saving Graces.”

In 2017, Gabriel Walsh, under the long-running project The Earthly Frames took on an incredibly ambitious project under the title:

Violinist, composer, and conductor Jason Kao Hwang stepped onto the Roulette stage at the 2022 Vision Festival to lead a

Veteran singer-songwriter Ashley Maher returns with her eighth studio album, “Tree to Tree.” With this album, Maher continues her lifelong

Veteran vibraphonist Mike Freeman, together with his latest musical project ZonaVibe, makes waves in the jazz world once again with

Indianapolis-based artist Bravo Diablo, also known by his producer alter-ego HEAVYMUSIK LLC, makes a powerful statement with his latest single

Circus Mind has been teasing their upcoming EP “Barstool Hero” for a while now, and this past week we got

Boston-based roots-rock collective The Gravel Project returns with their fourth studio record, “Find What You Need.” Released earlier this year,

After making waves back in 2022 with “Falling Awake” and suffering through the tragic loss of their bandmate Warren Kost

A lot of us know Antonia Bennett as the daughter of jazz legend, the late Tony Bennett, but with her

Vetera drummer Pat Petrillo takes you on a genre-bending journey through groove itself with his new album: “Contemporaneous.” Released in

Starting out in the trenches of rock and roll nearly three decades ago, Rick Shaffer has been grinding away with

The Los Angeles Improvisation Ensemble shatters norms and transcends genres with their debut album: “Insubordinate Lunar Transgressions.” This collection is

With his debut album “Annihilation of Darkness,” Leirbag X.O. carved out a reputation as a rising star in the experimental

Veteran jazz vocalist Bonnie J Jensen makes a long-overdue comeback with “RISE”, her fifth solo album and her first since

Get ready for an all-out, jam session courtesy of Ray Barnard and his new release ‘And The Horse You Rode

One thing you will notice right off the bat on this new release is the show-stopping voice supplied by Jennifer

Prepare to take quite a trip musically as Jeff Summa and the Roasters dare to ask ‘Who’s Got My Lighter’. 

Stockholm-based ethnomusicologist and singer-songwriter Marius Billgobenson delivers a warm and uplifting jazz anthem with latest single, “In Paradise – Just