By Onel Mulet Ahmad Jamal, hailed as the quintessential Hard Bop pianist in every right, once again asserts the well earned accolade on “Blue Moon” from as he takes us from Bird to Broadway and Hollywood on a single disc. His singular touch is heard from the very first note on Autumn Rain. The...
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By Steve Trager Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Pa, 16 April 2012 The Nineties exploded with emerging bands that often have been labeled new metal, alternative, or even often pop rock for their hard driving melodies, signature sound, and numerous catchy hit songs that have paved their way into the hearts of every rock music...
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By Andrew Colarusso Accelerando is a truly synesthetic experience of sensorial accelerations and decelerations woven together in a marvelous tapestry. As a title for the album, Accelerando makes sense. Reminiscent of McCoy Tyner’s epic Fly with the Wind, the connections here made between sound and sense, between melody and improvisation, are immense statements on...
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By Jacob Hyman Although they’ve been making music together for a decade now, Rodrigo y Gabriela have surprisingly few studio albums to their name. Given that, it came as quite a surprise to me that Area 52 is a revisiting of a conglomeration of previous studio efforts by the Latin acoustic metal duo. My...
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By Jacob Hyman Behind a formidable wall of internet-driven buzz, Bear in Heaven’s I Love You, It’s Cool is drawing attention from all over the web. From Pitchfork to NPR and back again, the one word we’re hearing a lot of is “pop.” But try as I might, I am not finding pop anywhere...
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By Ilya Setrakian The Canadian singer-songwriter hasn’t failed to deliver a good album in all three of her releases. Asking For Flowers (her third studio album) continues to show off all her composition skills as well as her overall musicianship. While her two previous albums were very good, her third album is easily her...
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By Steve Trager Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA, 17 March 2012 They have amazed music fans world wide with their true to life detailed stage production, state of the art light show, and interlude of great classics spanning generations that can still be enjoyed today; These six well accomplished musicians combined call themselves Brit...
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By Lauren Saul At the core of Adventures in Counter-Culture is an honest approach to writing music and an impeccably developed progressive sound. Columbus, OH native, Blueprint (Albert Shepard), is a veteran in the hip-hop industry, and has consciously used his experience to put forth an album worthy of the wait. Seven years since...
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By Lauren Saul Los Angeles rapper Regan John Farquhar, known by most as Busdriver, provides an unusual take on hip-hop music with his 9th solo album, Beaus$Eros (pronounced Bows and Arrows). Straying from traditional hip-hop, he drives this album with eccentricity and experimentation, producing what may best be described as a “unique experience”. Weird...
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By Grace Cicatello Spanish singer and songwriter Bebe brings us some flair and some fun on her third album, Un Pokito de Rokanrol (or, A Little Bit of Rock n’ Roll). And the album definitely lives up to its name by delivering just a little bit of rock and roll, along with some pop,...
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