Freakwater – Scheherazade (2016) review
Freakwater - Scheherazade (Bloodshot Records, 2016) Has it really been ten years since Freakwater floated down a record from on high [?], with the excitement of all this...
Reviews
‘Festivalized: Music, Politics, and Alternative Culture’ by Ian Abrahams & Bridget Wishart
I would suggest that you begin with one of the last pages where authors offer some further listening recommendation to prepare yourself to a proper reading environment. 'Festivalized'...
Elephant Stone – ‘The Three Poisons’ (2014)
Has it crossed your mind that the current psych scene has gotten rather dark as of late, rather inwardly spiraling, nearly forgetting its brilliant lysergic genesis, where the...
Otis Taylor – Hey Joe Opus Red Meat (2015) review
Otis Taylor - Hey Joe Opus Red Meat (In-Akustik, 2015) Listen Like Dylan, Otis Taylor’s voice has never been overtly emotional, though it is gritty, and as low...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Charles Lloyd – The Water Is Wide (2000)
Charles Lloyd - The Water Is Wide (ECM, 2000) The soulful expression on The Water Is Wide, or should I be describing it as expressionism [?], lends itself...
Udo Lindenberg – Lindenberg (1971) review
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG4F_X1R0QI Perhaps being the first to achieve a successful German projection of rock, here Udo Lindenberg is on the cusp of greatness, though that greatness, and his...
Ippu Mitsui / Annie & The Station Orchestra (2016) review
Ippu Mitsui / Annie & The Station Orchestra - Ippu Mitsui / Annie & The Station Orchestra (Bearsuit Records, 2016) This split LP introduces new music from recent...
Samba Touré – Albala (2013) review
Samba Touré - Albala (Glitterhouse Records, 2013) Listen: https://glitterbeat.bandcamp.com/album/albala Samba Toure’ is a shaman, a African desert visionary, dancing on the windblown sands like a ghost from the past, and...
Group 1850 – Agemo’s Trip to Mother Earth (1968) review
Group 1850 - Agemo's Trip to Mother Earth (Pseudonym Records reissue, 1968) Agemo’s Trip To Mother Earth never saw commercial success because there was nothing commercial, or perhaps...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Wayne Kramer and The Lexington Arts Ensemble – Lexington (2014)
Wayne Kramer and The Lexington Arts Ensemble - Lexington (Industrial Amusement, 2014) Wayne Kramer – Guitar, Producer Dr. Charles Moore - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Arranger Ralph “Buzzy” Jones –...