Bassist Errick Lewis has been a fixture in the Portland jazz, soul and funk scene for years now, playing regular gigs with groups like the hugely...
Last summer, over 12,000 music fans gathered at the “Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival” to witness a once in a lifetime concert experience as a select group of...
“Amkeni”, a collaboration between Snarky Puppy and Burundian refugee Bukuru Celestin, has been released on GroundUp Records (groundup.ropeadope.com/). The album (the title of which means “wake...
Contemporary jazz guitarist Jeff Richman and Nefer Records announce the release of their latest CD, Big Wheel, with Bassist Jimmy Haslip. This release is Richman’s 17th solo...
Volver a la Tierra by Benavides and Wolf … Sometimes “World” music is where you least expect it… even in your own backyard. I was pleasantly surprised...
Jeff Berlin… Anytime I mention his name, there seems to be a ripple in the force and the wave of Berlin supporters or antagonists come to...
Submotion Orchestra ‘Fragments’ Review by Allee Futterer… There’s a lot of animosity between traditionalist musicians and the modern developments in the electronic music scene; lots of...
Bernhard Lackner’s 4th release, “Transition,” has a big focus on the compositional aspect of his career but at the same time there is some great playing by himself and his...
Trampled Under Foot’s New CD Badlands Featuring Bassist Danielle Schnebelen… Trampled Under Foot (TUF) are bringing bar-band blues to a new generation. Influenced by garage rock,...
With every movie comes a great anthem! The anthem at hand is British rock trio-Some Velvet Morning’s single “How to Start a Revolution” which will be...
Dark. Stormy. A favorite drink of mine but also a set of adjectives I would use to describe weather that mixed with “cold” and “snowy”- I...
NYC has long been known for being the home to some of the world’s top bassists. Out of the modern crop of electric virtuosos, Steve Jenkins...
THE ARISTOCRATS – Featuring Guthrie Govan, Bryan Beller and Marco Minnemann NEW ALBUM “Culture Clash”… Fans of instrumental rock/fusion (Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, John...
Gregory James Talks About Cult of Beauty… Cult of Beauty is the eleventh album by San Francisco guitarist Gregory James. Like the best of James’ previous...
New CD-EP from Markus Setzer _shades… Markus Setzer is one of the most well-known bass player in Germany and now he presents his first solo recording ‘_shades’....