The strangest thing happened this weekend. The online service that distributes music to me for reviewing—a service which almost exclusively send me alt-country, blues, jazz, and other genres that could use a little online support—sent me the new Taylor Swift release. I could hardly believe it. Surely this is an artist who doesn’t need a … Continue reading
Award-Winning International Vocalist & Recording Artist Cosimo Lizzi Releases EP “Volare” Cosimo Lizzi, the award-winning international vocalist and recording artist known for his well-received debut album Amore del Passato, has released his latest EP, Volare. The four-track EP was released on February 1, 2024—a date that paid homage to the release of the original, classic, … Continue reading
Ute Lemper’s new album, Time Traveler, is a series of loosely connected refreshing contemporary jazz and pop songs that straddle a 23-year time span. It is a work that is bound to benefit from repeated listenings. Most challenging material this good is always worth the time it takes for the listener to catch up to … Continue reading
The Debut EP “Amore del Passato,” from International Vocalist and Recording Artist Cosimo Lizzi. “Amore del passato” translates as “Love of the past.” One does need not look it up to discover this; one only needs to enjoy each of the seven tracks on the latest release from Cosimo Lizzi, whose album is a collection … Continue reading
To write a song is to share internal, sometimes unfinished business in such a way that it conveys an emotional truth and allows the listener (who is, perhaps, hearing the story or ideas for the first time) not only to participate in the storytelling as a receiver, but also to endow the song with their … Continue reading
Matthew Jordan — ‘Undeniable’ Label: Quiet Thunder Records What is undeniable is Matthew Jordan’s gift for pop songwriting. What is also clear is that Matthew Jordan and his keyboard has one of the strongest relationships in music today. He has just released a long awaited EP, titled Undeniable, on which he weaves a hypnotic spell of … Continue reading
Elliott Park — Just Be Has it been too long since you poured over the pages of the Guinness Book of Records in search of a challenge that will sustain you through the summer until the list of who’s in which class is posted on the school’s office windows in late August? Has it been … Continue reading
Gretchen And The Pickpockets — Falling Rising If there was ever a cocktail party in a CD, Falling Rising is it. Jazzy in its satisfying complexity, yet poppy in its glistening purity, Gretchen and The Pickpockets‘ Falling Rising is a must-have album for the summer of 2018. If the songs themselves don’t always rise above the predictable, the … Continue reading
Mason Summit – Summer Cold Label: Winter Heat Records Usually I’d say that summer colds are the worst. Not so, this time. Mason Summit’s Summer Cold is one you should be thankful for paying a visit. These songs will get you through any suffering, any time of year. It is quite simply, the best new … Continue reading
Three-disc box chronicles Peer’s role in popularizing blues, country, jazz, Latin, R&B and rock, featuring timeless artists including Mamie Smith, Jimmie Rodgers, Lefty Frizzell, Tito Puente, Billie Holiday, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Wynton Marsalis, Bob Dylan and many more Box sets have existed since music was first etched into shellac discs, but never has one … Continue reading
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