Jul 14, 2020 9:00 AM
The Deepening Power Of Antibalas
Despite marking two decades as a band, Antibalas recently released its first album that digs deep into…
Antibalas focuses on the songwriting of its vocalist, Duke Amayo, for Fu Chronicles, an album that marks the ensemble’s 20th anniversary.
Jul 14, 2020 9:00 AM
Despite marking two decades as a band, Antibalas recently released its first album that digs deep into…
Protesters march June 6 in Washington, D.C., following the police killing of George Floyd.
Jun 26, 2020 9:00 AM
Jazz singer and activist Aaron Myers was among the demonstrators who gathered to protest at Lafayette Square on June 1…
Lucinda Williams latest effort, Good Souls Better Angels, was issued in April.
Jun 25, 2020 8:55 AM
Lucinda Williams, Good Souls Better Angels (Thirty Tigers/Highway 20 H2006; 59:46 ****)
Early concerts and…
Nina Simone radiates joy on a reissue of Fodder On My Wings.
Jun 23, 2020 9:00 AM
With the possible exception of John Coltrane, no jazz artist from the ’50s and ’60s has had their iconic status…
During the past 18 years, Norah Jones has collaborated with musicians from a range of different genres.
Jun 19, 2020 9:00 AM
“I’m not going to explain my lyrics.”
With those words, coolly conveyed on a brilliant March afternoon at the…
“I express my emotions better musically than socially most of the time,” Marcus Printup said.
Jun 17, 2020 8:55 AM
Marcus Printup swung around New York’s Columbus Circle behind the wheel of his black Cadillac SUV, stopping briefly…
Top row from left: Nduduzo Makhathini (Photo: Nailah Makhathini); Brandee Younger and Dezron Douglas at their home in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City (Photo: Courtesy of Artists); Chick Corea (Photo: Toshi Sakurai, Courtesy Chick Corea Productions). Bottom row from left: Christian McBride (Photo: R. Andrew Lepley); Stanton Moore at his home in New Orleans (Photo: Lauren Del Rio); Wolfgang Muthspiel and his 4-year-old daughter, Flora, at their home in Vienna (Photo: Courtesy of Artist); Kris Davis (Photo: ©Caroline Mardok).
Jun 16, 2020 8:53 AM
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Musicians around the globe had gigs, recording dates, mixing sessions—stuff to…
Andy Milne is fascinated by the connections among medical science, music and healing.
May 29, 2020 8:58 AM
Pianist Andy Milne uses building metaphors to talk about music. Construction is “about how you bind two things…
In his band Big Vicious, Avishai Cohen plays trumpet and synthesizers.
May 26, 2020 8:38 AM
As the coronavirus moved across Europe in mid-March, trumpeter Avishai Cohen sat in his Tel Aviv home, contemplating…
Eldar Djangirov’s latest album is titled Rhapsodize.
May 21, 2020 8:00 AM
To display Promethean chops is pianist Eldar Djangirov’s long-established default basis of operations, and his new,…
