The Bleu Forest – “Ichiban – Live At Jimmie’s” (2017) review
The Bleu Forest - Ichiban - Live At Jimmie’s (Golden Pavillion/Gear Fab Records, 2017) I’m betting most of you have heard the Bleu Forest’s “A Thousand Trees Deep,” which...
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Stray – ‘All In Your Mind: The Transatlantic Years 1970-1974’ (2017)
Formed in London in the late 1960s, Stray recorded a total of eight albums between 1970 and 1976, the first five for the Transatlantic label, and those albums...
The Who – “Maximum As & Bs: The Complete Singles” (2017) review
The Who - Maximum As & Bs: The Complete Singles (2017) More than fifty years after they hit the music scene, the newest release by The Who proves...
Chameleon Treat – “Soundtrack For Silent Comedies” album premiere
Chameleon Treat is a two-piece band living in the Midwestern U.S., who bonded in college while playing in a raucous power-pop band. Both members, (singer Andrew Kruske and...
Ross Beattie presents It’s Psychedelic Baby podcast #20 (November)
A brand new podcast hosted by Ross Beattie (The Night Tripper) Gift - Drugs The Mystic Tide - Psychedelic Journey Gilli Smyth - Shakti Yoni Brainticket - Watchin'...
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – ‘Lotta Sea Lice’ (2017)
My thoughts on Kurt Vile have changed over the years, and here with Courtney Barnett, I suddenly came face to face with what’s been eluding me for so...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Hudson at the Moore Theater in Seattle Thursday October 19
Supporting their new album Hudson, named for the Hudson Valley in New York State, the band under the same name made a stop at Seattle’s Moore Theater on...
The Incredible Jimmy Smith – “Back at the Chicken Shack” (1963) review
The Incredible Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack (Blue Note Records, 1963) https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/back-at-the-chicken-shack-the-incredible-jimmy-smith/id641231030 While the album cover may toss up some pastoral semblance of farm life,...
“Pharmacopious” (Part 6) by Jenell Kesler
I looked at my watch, and even though it didn’t say so, it was time to leave. Packing didn’t take long, and as I peered into the top...
From The Vault: Mazeville Crossing – “Mazeville Crossing” (1975)
With the album jacket emblazoned with a tipped out three dimensional tic-tac-toe game and a streaking shooting star to indicate a winner, Mazeville Crossing are the duo of...