Just when you think we’ve reached peak piano trio, a new recording arrives to demonstrate the infinite elasticity of the…
Mary Halvorson gives a wide range of effects and musical roles to her guitar, and the result is always idiosyncratic.…
There are recordings that dazzle you from the first few bars—or conversely, put you off—with their audacity. Then there are…
On February 17, 2018, pianist Kris Davis played in the second of two concerts at Harvard University to honor the…
It takes daring for a producer to lead off a recording with a ballad. When that producer is Marc Free…
For the last quarter of the 20th century, Italian labels Black Saint and Soul Note issued an influential series of…
For April, Brian Kiwanuka and Rob Shepherd provide capsule reviews of four recordings by saxophonists who are pushing music in…
For March, Brian Kiwanuka and Rob Shepherd provide capsule reviews of three recordings – Cécile McLorin Salvant's Melusine (Nonesuch, 2023),…
For February - just under the wire - we provide capsule reviews of recent works with an eye towards avant-garde…
The fourth cut on Thumbscrew’s Multicolored Midnight (Cuneiform, 2022) is entitled “Shit Changes.” You don’t have to be a climate scientist or…