Michael Moody’s The Ecstasy of Love (2026) features standards sung with a warm baritone voice and velvet phrasing. Accompanied by guitar and bass, Moody delivers performances glowing with lyrical emotion and a highly personal interpretive style. Moody’s talent for applying of classical vocal techniques to the Great American Songbook results in several refreshing takes on … Continue reading
On his eleventh studio album, For Every Man There’s a Woman, Jack Wood shows yet again that he is one of the top contemporary interpreters of the Great American Songbook. Released by Jazz Hang Records, this collection of warm and inviting performances showcases Wood’s vocal abilities at their most expressive. My personal favorite is Wood’s … Continue reading
Label: Yellow Dog Records Release date: April 17, 2026 On Fight On!: True Blues Vol. 2, three acclaimed acoustic blues artists, Guy Davis, Corey Harris, and Alvin Youngblood Hart, reunite to perform a mix of classic and new songs. Their collaboration reaches back and carries forward some of the most powerful music you’ve heard in … Continue reading
Good news: Grammy-nominated guitarist Rick Vito’s new album, Slidemaster, will be released on April 3, 2026. This album brings together Rick’s instrumental works performed exclusively on slide guitar, showcasing both new compositions and select previous releases that have been remixed and remastered. Standout tracks include interpretations of Peter Green’s “Albatross,” Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is … Continue reading
With his new album, More Country Than You, Alex Miller continues to shine like the rising country star that he is. By assembling a variety of song styles on one album, Miller asserts that there are few limitations of the definition of country music—especially when it is delivered by an artist who clearly loves country … Continue reading
Teresa James‘ scorching, sassy vocals, dripping with Texas blues influence, are perfectly paired with the driving force of the Rhythm Tramps. On her fourteenth album—Bad at Being Good— Ms. James delivers an impressive collection of twelve original compositions that fully display her versatility…. and just sound great. This album is the next best thing to … Continue reading
Country Radio Broadcasters (CRB) is proud to announce Jelly Roll as the recipient of the Artist Humanitarian Award. This prestigious honor will be presented during Country Radio Seminar (CRS) 2026, taking place March 18–20 in Nashville. This year’s award recognizes the triple Grammy-winning artist, whose deeply personal and far-reaching commitment to addiction recovery, mental health, … Continue reading
Release date: March 1, 2026 Retrospective, the latest album from Carl Clements and The Real Jazz Trio, serves as a contemporary continuation of Clements’ critically recognized 2023 release, A Different Light. Contrary to its title, Retrospective presents a modern interpretation of several original compositions making their debut. Clements is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist. With these tracks, … Continue reading
From the opening notes of Shifty Paradigms, you sense a cinematic quality in Dave Slonaker’s rich music. Slonaker’s experience as a composer, orchestrator, and arranger for film and television informs his jazz genius. What emerges in his music is a sense of story. Each note has, and serves, a distinct purpose, all contributing to an … Continue reading
Songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist Billy Thompson showcases all of his talents on the new album, This World. It’s a blues, rock, funk, and soul voyage of shared discovery that is successful on every level. This World delivers ten original tracks (most by Thompson, one co-written with Keith Glover, and four featuring guest lyricist Kirsten Trump). … Continue reading
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