The Vacant Lots – ‘Berlin EP’ (2016)
The Vacant Lots made a bold move by titling this shimmering EP Berlin, a city that has come to stand and embrace so much as of late, delivering...
Jenell Kesler
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Mushroom With Eddie Gale – Joint Happening (2007)
Mushroom With Eddie Gale - Joint Happening (Hyena Records, 2007) Depending on your point of view, this is either a very majestic well thought out experimental body of...
LSD and the Search for God – Heaven Is a Place (2016) review
LSD and the Search for God - Heaven Is a Place (Deep Space Recordings, 2016) Riding low, with even neon-blue being too bright for LSD and the Search...
From The Vault: Pink Floyd – Meddle (1971)
What Pink Floyd did on what’s considered their ‘breakout’ album, was for the first time, to find a collective voice, and collaborate full throttle, creating a sort of...
From The Vault: Relatively Clean Rivers – “Relatively Clean Rivers” (1976)
Mystery and rumors have swirled like hazy blue smoke around this very enchanting privately released limited edition bit of folk rock psychedelia since it first slid onto the...
From The Vault: Don Shinn – ‘Takes A Trip’ (1969)
Sometimes, at the oddest moments, I find myself thinking of Don Shinn, and wondering what he’s doing today. It would be easy to say that Don Shinn was...
From The Vault: Dr. John, The Night Tripper – Gris-Gris (1968)
“They call me Doctor John, known as the Night Tripper ...” Yes the Doctor is the last of the best. As I’ve said before I first encountered...
Harvey Mandel – ‘Snake Pit’ (2016)
On this, Harvey Mandel’s fourth album with "snake" in the title, we find his choice of album artwork to be inspired by his sensational first outing 'Cristo Redentor,'...
It Hugs Back – Slow Wave (2015) review
It Hugs Back - Slow Wave (2015) Listen: http://www.ithugsback.co.uk/ While the band It Hugs Back has never been high on my radar since I discovered them several years ago,...
Neil Young – Peace Trail (2016) review
Neil Young - Peace Trail (Reprise Records, 2016) As the second track says, “I can’t stop working …” and the man delivers yet again, finally shifting gears and...