Pianist, band leader, and composerEdward Simon doesn’t interpret tradition so much as invite it into the room, pour it a drink, and let it stretch out. Venezuela: Latin American Songbook Vol. 2 is...

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Troy Mercy doesn’t introduce himself on Let The Night Begin so much as he kicks the door off the hinges and dares you to keep up.  Produced by Tim Carman (Parlor Greens, Canyon Lights, formerly of...

Troy Mercy doesn’t introduce himself on Let The Night Begin so much as he kicks the door off the hinges and dares you to keep up.  Produced by Tim Carman (Parlor Greens, Canyon Lights, formerly of...

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Following the momentum of his debut solo effort Until We Meet Again, Japanese-American drummer and producer Shane Sato shifts gears with his second single, “Deep Dive”. Released via Mixto Records,...

Kansas City’s The Freedom Affair doesn’t revive Southern soul so much as inhabit it. Their self-titled sophomore set moves like Muscle Shoals with a Midwest passport—deep-pocket grooves, church-roo...

Nuit Parisienne à la Havanefeels less like an album and more like an overheard conversation at 2 a.m.—intimate, unguarded, and quietly profound. Pianist Roberto Fonseca and cellist Vincent Segal...

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Some albums capture a moment, and others quietly define an era for the people who lived with them. Stories of a Stranger has always been the latter. Released in 2005, it marked O.A.R.’s transition...

In Welcome Back My Friends, author and music historian Bruce Pegg builds a living, breathing oral history of Emerson, Lake & Palmer—one of prog rock’s most daring and divisive trios. Rather than...

Projekt Gemineye’s The Dark Days of Yesterday is a powerful, intricately produced album that explores personal struggle, resilience, and reflection. Across its tracks, band conceptionalist Mark...

For a man whose guitar has spoken volumes for nearly five decades, Triangulation feels like both a reckoning and a renewal.  From the opening track, “Break Through,” Morse, bassist Dave LaRue, and...

“Torrential Pain” picks up where he was with ’Splinters’ in many respects. Bailey’s preference for hard-charging melodic rock and his ability to look in the shadows remain. The opening track, “Life...

‘Only Fools Love Again’  by multi-instrumentalist Danny Ayala is a throwback to an era of music when songs, not production tricks, ruled the music industry. Ayala teamed primarily with producer/gui...