Henry Carrigan

This is a brilliant idea for an album, and who better than singer, pianist, conductor, and nightclub owner Michael Feinstein to put it together? When he was 20, he worked as Ira Gershwin’s assistant and archivist for six years, and his debut album, Pure Gershwin (1987), is a collection

There’s an edge in Terry Klein’s voice that hovers somewhere between world-weariness and laconic all-knowingness, edging now and then into a studied nod-and-a-wink about human foibles. The title of Klein’s new album — Good Luck, Take Care — pokes a little fun at our tendency to roll glib phrases

Still-life paintings portray stasis, but, in Dallas Frazier’s words: “beneath still waters, there’s a strong undertow.” These paintings owe their entrancing beauty to the ambivalent tensions that crack and bubble just below their staid surface. The title track of Carson McHone’s third album, Still Life, evokes the

The sparkling harmonies of the Everly Brothers meet the choogling guitar of Dale Watson on "Hey Baby," the opening track of The Cactus Blossoms’ new album, One Day. A chugging rockabilly tune drives this pickup song that opens the door to the group’s roadster, inviting us to