The nominees for the 32nd Annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards have been announced. Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper received a nomination for instrumental group of the year, while Michael Cleveland is nominated for fiddle player of the year. Results of the…
When Bill Charlap first heard and fell in love with jazz, drummer Eddie Locke was the culprit. Locke worked with Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins. Bill, a mere fourth grader, heard Eddie play at school with pianist Johnny Morris playing…
Acoustic guitar virtuoso Andy McKee has announced a new EP, Symbol, his first studio effort in nearly a decade. The six-track outing, due to be released September 17 via Mythmaker Records, will feature renditions of tracks from a handful of legendary artists,…
Pat Metheny, “It Starts When We Disappear” Pat Metheny has shared the uplifting and harmonically dense “It Starts When We Disappear,” the lead single from his rocking forthcoming live album SIDE-EYE NYC, recorded just before the pandemic and due out September…
To fully appreciate an Eddie Palmieri show, it helps to see it twice. First, catch the pianist outdoors at New York’s Lincoln Center and soak in the space and balance between the septet. Later, head downtown to Blue Note and behold the…
Listen to one of Metheny’s Brilliant and Expansive New Compositions From SIDE-EYE: https://patmetheny.lnk.to/ItStartsWhenWeDisappear/PR Extensive World Tour Dates Unveiled “Pat Metheny is Still Seeking Breathtakingly New Vistas” – NPR, All Things Considered Pat Metheny has unveiled the latest chapter in his…
Bobby Rush, 87, is a Grammy-winning blues musician, composer and singer. His latest album is “Rawer Than Raw” (Deep Rush). He is the author of “I Ain’t Studdin’ Ya” (Hachette), a memoir. He spoke with Marc Myers. When I was…
Book Excerpt: ‘I Ain’t Studdin’ Ya’ By Bobby Rush Mud, Walter, and JimmyAfter Big Joe Turner, the next person I saw at the Big Rec was Jimmy Reed. His performance had a profound effect on me. I had never heard a group…
Amanda Gorman, who impacted a global audience when she delivered the poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Biden’s Inauguration, closes the series with a powerful poem titled “The Miracle of Morning.” It is the lone spoken word piece, but…
From NPR: From the first notes of Delvon Lamarr’s latest album, I thought, “This is juke joint music.” This album is perfect for small, packed, dimly lit venues that promise a good time, but not much in the way of…