Joey Alexander’s new album ‘Origin’ was featured as the second album on NPR’s May 20th edition of New Music Friday. Here’s what they had to say: “He has always been phenomenal…” — Christina Lee for NPR Music “…it’s a true coming…
Halfway through Bill Charlap’s early set at Birdland on Friday night, the great pianist played, “You’re All the World to Me.” He then picked up the mic, turned around to face the crowd, and marveled at the way Fred Astaire…
Taylor Rae’s recent from NPR’s Mountain Stage will be broadcast to over 280 NPR stations starting this Friday, May 13th, 2022. See below for local airtimes and stations. Singer/songwriter Taylor Rae walks through life projecting a calm self-awareness. And, while there is…
Latin-music pianist and bandleader Eddie Palmieri recorded his two-volume album set “Live at Sing Sing” in the early winter of 1972 — 50 years ago this year. Before an enthusiastic audience of mostly Black and Latino inmates, the event’s emcee,…
Blues guitar veteran Walter Trout has announced a new full-length studio album, Ride. Set for an August 19 release via Provogue/Mascot Label Group, Ride is Trout’s 30th solo effort, and was written and recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Eric Corne. In tandem…
Until 2006, when Catherine Russell released her first solo album, Cat, she was known for more than two decades as a versatile backup singer and multi-instrumentalist for a genre-spanning list of musicians that includes David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper, Dr. John and Madonna.…
TKA congratulates Béla Fleck, who won Best Bluegrass Album for My Bluegrass Heart at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. “They nearly always come back,” said Béla. “All the people that leave bluegrass. I had a strong feeling that I’d be coming…
Cécile McLorin Salvant has been busy since the release of her last album, 2018’s Grammy-winning The Window. Later that year she premiered Ogresse, a “musical fable in the form of a cantata” that begins: “There’s a woman / lived in the woods on the…
It’s impossible to avoid using some keywords when labeling the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio’s instrumental sound. The adjectives funk, soul, jazz, and even psychedelic, appear in almost every review tagging the three-piece’s approach. Regardless of the repetition, all are accurate…
Catherine Russell is, among many other delightful things, a certifiable party-starter. We’ve known this for some time now — certainly as far back as a decade ago. That’s when she was part of the gang that won Best Compilation Soundtrack…