Red House Records – Red House Records is announcing the release date for SUGAR DROPS, the first album for the label from Davina and the Vagabonds. They are sharing the track “Little Miss Moonshine,” which is premiering today at MPR radio’s The Current.…
Larry Groce for NPR – May 14 is my “Deadiversary.” It’s the first time I saw the legendary group Grateful Dead. It was on that date in 1970 at what was then-called Meramec Community College, outside of St Louis. It wasn’t until years…
Robert Crawford for Rolling Stone – The Hot Sardines, “Baby Won’t You Please Come Home (Live)”A 100-year-old jazz standard gets reborn in this live performance by the Hot Sardines. Their version is hushed and intimate, driven forward by piano, some…
Bill Milkowski for Paste – #1 Melissa Aldana, Visions (Motema Music)The Chilean-born saxophonist-composer-bandleader turned heads with her 2009 debut, Free Fall, and in 2013 became the first female musician and the first South American musician to win the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. She…
Kevin Whitehead for NPR Fresh Air – The New Orleans drummer produces jazz with its own distinct character on his new album. Critic Kevin Whitehead says Perpetual Optimism is marked by Riley’s upbeat nature and attention to detail. New Orleans drummer Herlin…
Formed in 2015, the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio has put out two records to date, both of which are currently charting on Billboard’s Top 20 Jazz Albums. The band put out Live at KEXP! independently in 2016 and Colemine Records…
Perry Tannenbaum for JazzTimes – Riding high on top of Jazz Week’s airplay charts, Catherine Russell didn’t return to Savannah to promote Alone Together, her current release. Instead, she joined in a concept concert, “Billie & Blue Eyes,” with the John Pizzarelli…
In the upcoming May 2019 issue, Jazz Times profiles master of the organ, Joey DeFrancesco and legendary saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. Lee Mergner for Jazz Times – For his latest project, Joey DeFrancesco joined forces with a true man of the…
Nate Chinen for WBGO – Not many bands have seized the postmillennial early-jazz spotlight with as much gusto as The Hot Sardines. An eight-piece outfit co-led by singer Elizabeth Bougerol and pianist Evan Palazzo, it has devoted more than the…
Brooke Mazurek for Billboard – Chrissie Hynde in the 1980s. Destiny’s Child in the early 2000s. Present-day Kanye West, sporting exorbitantly priced streetwear. Tie-dye, the psychedelic technique synonymous with ’60s counterculture, has reincarnated itself within nearly every genre and generation since Janis Joplin and The Lovin’ Spoonful co-founder John…