Jul 23, 2024 2:20 PM
Review: Blues Guardians of the Past & Present
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats: The Hits Keep Coming (Alligator; 48:53 ★★★★) Rick Estrin and his nattily dressed…
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats are among the few seated at the head table in the royal court of blues.
Jul 23, 2024 2:20 PM
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats: The Hits Keep Coming (Alligator; 48:53 ★★★★) Rick Estrin and his nattily dressed…
Vocalist Samara Joy reveals a core of benevolence on A Joyful Holiday.
Dec 19, 2023 1:04 PM
’Tis the season. You enjoy Christmas music, but are leery of listening to the same old albums. Bored with, oh, the…
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra opens its 50th anniversary concert season at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium.
Mar 28, 2023 1:00 PM
Mark Harvey is a Boston jazz luminary like no other. He’s long been an important person on the scene as founder and…
“We used all vintage gear to add even more authenticity to the sonic picture,” Haynes said of his new blues album.
Mar 22, 2022 12:47 PM
Warren Haynes: ‘The First Sound That Moved Me’
At last, Warren Haynes is carrying the banner of the blues. For the…
Dec 21, 2021 12:49 PM
Tis the season. Treasurable Christmas jazz albums from the past are getting gift-wrapped again. The Vince Guaraldi…
Professor Longhair, left, with Alligator Records founder Bruce Iglauer in 1978.
Oct 12, 2021 2:28 PM
Farsighted and unsentimental, Bruce Iglauer has spent five decades elevating Chicago-based Alligator Records above…
Warren Wolf gets into the holiday spirit with his album Christmas Vibes.
Dec 7, 2020 9:05 AM
For years, vibraphonist Warren Wolf and 3D Jazz Trio pianist Jackie Warren cared not a whit about Christmas music. But…
Lucinda Williams latest effort, Good Souls Better Angels, was issued in April.
Jun 26, 2020 9:06 AM
Lucinda Williams, Good Souls Better Angels (Thirty Tigers/Highway 20 H2006; 59:46 ****)
Early concerts and…
Sadiki Pierre (left) and Elasea Douglas of the duo Acute Inflections have a new holiday album titled In December.
Dec 3, 2019 11:41 AM
Despite all the machinations the music industry has experienced throughout the decades, including numerous format…
Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969–Vols. 1 & 2 offers performances by a parade of blues VIPs.
Dec 1, 2019 1:36 PM
Michael Robert Frank, founder and CEO of the label Earwig Music, has completed his greatest rescue mission. “I’ve…
Gospel star CeCe Winans’ new holiday album is titled Something’s Happening!
Dec 4, 2018 5:02 PM
Of the thousands of holiday albums that have hitched rides on Santa’s sleigh, just a couple are embedded in our…
The Eyal Vilner Big Band has a new album titled Hanukkah.
Dec 28, 2017 11:35 AM
Unlike the ice slowly melting beneath Santa’s North Pole digs, yuletide music enjoys a state of permanence. Each year…
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Jack Bruce (1943-2014) continued playing jazz and blues while performing in Cream during the 1960s.
Aug 6, 2018 5:50 PM
Jack Bruce was all smiles backstage. “All right!” he exclaimed, trilling the letter “R” as native Scots always…
