The Asteroid #4 – ‘An Amazing Dream’ (2006)
Nearly everyone wants to consider Asteroid #4 as part of the beautiful psychedelic haze of the '60s, locking them into being a backward looking band. Please, allow me...
Jenell Kesler
Volta Sound – Gypsy Friends of the Sun (2013) review
Volta Sound - Gypsy Friends of the Sun (Picture in My Ear, 2013) Listen: https://pictureinmyearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gypsy-friends-of-the-sun What The Volta Sound do, is like nothing anyone else does ... and that’s...
Knifeworld – The Unravelling (2014) review
What Knifeworld delivers here on The Unraveling is certainly not jazz, and it’s not rock, nor is it some sort of jazz or rock fusion, or even progressive...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Eddie Costa – Complete Studio Recordings [As Eddie Costa & Sal Salvador] (2005)
Eddie Costa: This is another set of recordings from an artist who died far too young, yet brought to the table a fine assortment of jazz concepts and...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Josh Berman – Old Idea (2009)
Ahhh, my dear friends with the sly eyes, the fast banter, tight gestures, and ever expanding minds... there’s an old saying that goes, “There’s nothing new under the...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Oscar Pettiford & Attila Zoller – The Legendary Oscar Pettiford Featuring Attilla Zoller (1959/1975)
Man-o-Man... there’s one sure way to know that you love a record, and that’s instantly wanting more as soon as it’s over. Case in point, this 1959 gem...
Rowland S. Howard – Pop Crimes (2009) review
Rowland S. Howard - Pop Crimes (Liberation Records, 2009) Passing away in 2009, Rowland S. Howard, like Ian Curtis of Joy Division, has left us with a darkly...
Bipolaroid – Twin Language (2013) review
Bipolaroid - Twin Language (Get Hip Records, 2013) Listen: https://bipolaroid.bandcamp.com/album/twin-language If you’d left the planet back in the late 60’s and just returned, on hearing Bipolaroid, you might very...
The Asteroid No.4 – ‘The Asteroid No.4’ (2013)
Let me assure you, that as a lifelong psychedelic music devotee, had Asteroid #4 been around during the 60's and early 70's, I would never have given Pink...
Soft Speaker – ‘Black Tea EP’ (2015)
It’s fall, and Soft Speaker have stepped up to warm a chilled afternoon with a new release that shouldn’t be missed. Their Black Tea EP consists of two...