Instrumental music, once relegated to being a background sound for certain activities, has evolved to become a key element of ...
BADBADNOTGOOD set itself apart as a band of pure instrumentalists who let the jazz philosophy of music bending to individual musicians’ styles shape their genre-hopping evolution. Using bass, keys, a ...
What do Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Neil Diamond have in common? Well, aside from being amongst the more important singer/songwriters of the past forty years, they've all recruited Michael Landau ...
From the opening notes of Instrumentals, it rapidly becomes clear that the (entirely vocal-free) Nels Cline Singers are out to make some noise. Guitarist Nels Cline, who has eagerly straddled the ...
The New-Orleans-born trumpeter salutes the earliest jazz recordings on his new album. Critic Kevin Whitehead says Ruler Rebel showcases Adjuah's "commanding personal voice and ... sense of direction." ...