Leyla McCalla Defines Resilience on 'The Capitalist' Blues
With roots steeped in her Haitian heritage, Leyla McCalla has defined Kreyòl as a “language of resistance,” an identity she proudly embraces on her new album The Capitalist Blues.
Throughout the poetic project, McCalla pairs insight with empathy to comment on the immorality of the world, from corruption to the
The Well Pennies Take Joyous Flight on 'Murmurations'
For their second full-length album, Murmurations, The Well Pennies have their eyes on the skies. The album’s title comes from the name for swooping swarms of starlings that form for no reason we humans know and move according to rules also hidden to us. The stars and the
THE READING ROOM: Going Off the Rails with Whiskeytown
Thomas O’Keefe tells a great story, and he has plenty of them to share with us in his bumptious, roaring, swooping roller-coaster-ride account of his years with the enfant terrible of alt-country, Ryan Adams. O’Keefe, now the tour manager for Weezer, was the tour manager
Junkie of the Sad Song & Ballads Genre - 1st Solo LP of Roots Rock Sumner Brother
The New Year gets off to a poignant start with this nine-song solo debut collection by singer-songwriter Bob Sumner (The Sumner Brothers) – and self-proclaimed junkie of the sad song and ballads genre. On his album Wasted Love Songs I don’t hear Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty or
Music and History: Pablo Dylan's New Americana
The Finest Summersault,* Pablo Dylan's new EP, will be released on Jan. 25. The keenness of the concerns Dylan explores, the stories he tells and the way he tells them, and the heart in the cautions he seeks to give all work together to make this record feel
Why the epic "Monk's Dreams" by Frank Kimbrough & Co. is the year's best jazz album
Frank Kimbrough – Monk’s Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk (Sunnyside) (6-disc-set) *
I happened to meet pianist Frank Kimbrough last February, after a concert in Illinois by the Maria Schneider Orchestra, for which he plays piano. Affable and approachable, he chatted with me a bit and,