Entrepreneurial Swifties are selling crafty products inspired by Taylor Swift's music and style. Swift herself has been known to send notes and even homemade gifts to creative super-fans.
Rich Harney Jazz Festival 2024 Friday June 7/Saturday June 8 7pm 8001 Mesa Blvd Austin TX 78731 First Presbyterian Church TICKETS Join us for a Jazz Festival in memory and celebration of award winning pianist/composer...
NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Sheldon Pearce discuss new albums from St. Vincent, Charley Crockett, Iron & Wine and more. Feature Albums: • St. Vincent, 'All Born Screaming' • Charley Crockett, '$10 Cowboy' • Iron & Wine, 'Light...
In his most natural setting--onstage alongside brother Nat Adderley --and accompanied by pianist George Duke , bassist Walter Booker and the trusty Roy McCurdy on drums, Cannonball Adderley pops and bops to all heart's content on Poppin'...
The Milan-born, Marsailles resident Alessandro Bosetti may have started as a saxophonist and member of the influential free improvisation group Phosphor, but he has morphed into a composer and sound artist. Working solo, or with Kenta...
In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album presents an intriguing collaboration between trumpeters Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon . Derived from a newly unearthed studio session from 1972 and released on the Jazz Detective label, it was co-produced...
In the annals of jazz history, certain recordings stand out as treasures, not only capturing the essence of a particular era but also the sheer brilliance of the musicians involved. Jewels In the Treasure Box, the 1953 Chicago Blue Note...
New Orleans, a “music city,” is stepping up its efforts to determine why and how we can call ourselves such by investing in a census of all the components of […] The post New Orleans Music Census first appeared on...
Yvan Cujious et Louis Winsberg Nouvel album 1 Voix, 6 Cordes De Claude à Nougaro avec Francis Cabrel, Thomas Dutronc, Anne Sila, Bigflo et Oli Sortie le 31/05/2024 chez Baboo Music Louis Winsberg et Yvan Cujious rendent...
A familiar rap character, the Cali hustler cruising in a low-rider, has faded in the 21st century. On new albums by G Perico, Mozzy and Gangrene, that figure is alive and well, living in the margins.
Billie Eilish, Fall Out Boy, Nile Rodgers, Cyndi Lauper, Lorde, Sia, Diplo and Chappell Roan are among the signatories of an open letter urging a Senate committee to support the Fans First Act.
Record and email us a voice memo telling us about a song that reminds you of Mom. We'll share select stories and songs on an upcoming episode of All Songs Considered.
Tennessee just passed the first U.S. law regulating generative AI in music. But the technology, adept at copying real artists' voices and styles, is moving too quickly for one law to keep up with.
Beginning with 1963's Page One, Joe Henderson led a series of five albums for the Blue Note label that firmly established his reputation as a unique and budding artist with something vital to say. He was one of many artists at that time...
Drummer and composer Dan Weiss turns his experiments and percussion exercises into compositions on this trio recording Even Odds. In other words, he composes, not on a piano, but with his drum kit for the twenty tracks heard here. That...
Disaster Pony, the eponymous debut from the trio composed of Gordon Hyland , Adam Hindle and Ian Docherty , transcends the confines of a typical musical album to become a tempestuous jazz endeavor that finds itself amidst an electronic...
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes ... Since signing with with Impulse! in 2018, Shabaka Hutchings has become best known for his incendiary work on tenor saxophone with Sons Of Kemet , The Comet Is Coming and Shabaka and The Ancestors ... [ read more ]
When thinking of bassist Tom Kennedy , it can be instinctive to think of drummer Dave Weckl . Or vice versa. The two became friends and musical colleagues in their early teens. That is roughly a half century of playing, recording,...
Cuareim Quartet's third album, "A Jazz Story," serves as a captivating journey through the rich legacy of jazz music, full of contemporary flair and poetic depth. On this record, the Cuareim Quartet embarks on a captivating musical...
Any time an instrumental group includes a bandoneon in the lineup, that provides a pretty good idea as to where its sentiments lie. Norwegian-born pianist Hakon Skogstad includes not one but two bandoneons in his octet, and as if that...
Drummer Christian Marien represents the kind of omnivorous musical sensibility that is so valuable in an age in which conventional musical categories seem increasingly irrelevant. His undeniable reverence for the jazz tradition is...
While the opener suggests a blowing session from veteran British saxophonist Paul Dunmall, as good as that promises to be, the reality is better still. Joining him is a starry cast drawn from succeeding generations, with the addition of...
This ear-grabbing date from Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows--the band's third release, following its eponymous debut (in 2019) and Architecture of Storms (SoundSpore Records, 2021)--is a sonic mirror, reflecting the multihyphenate...
Success, if it is attained, comes quickly to only a small minority of musicians. Being in the right place at the right time is often a major factor. Others have a longer journey, one that involves a gradual refinement of their craft over...