Soft and tender lights like that over Bethlehem shine on these two delicate releases celebrating the birth of our Savior Guitarist extraordinaire Romero Lubambo supports the lovely and full voice of Pamela Driggs, with occasional support from Itaiguara Brandao/b, Rafael…
Month: December 2024
Rich Willey: Boptism Christmas
Trumpeter Rich Willey brings swing to Christmas on this upbeat album with Dylan Hannan/as, Ashley Pritchard/ts, Bill Reichenbach/tb-btp, Alex Taub/p-org, Andy Page/g, Zack Page/b and Justin Watt-Russ Wilson/dr. The horns are hip around a medley of “Merry Gentleman Kings” with…
Laila Biali: Wintersongs
Playing piano and singing, Laila Biali creates a Christmas Suite of sorts on this album, not rehashing classic Christmas tunes independently, but composing her own to create a stocking stuffer of songs that bring in a string quartet, chamber orchestra…
David Haney: Exotic Materials In Development-New Directions in Piano Volumes 1 & 2, David Haney with Dave Storrs Iteration: Exotic Materials, David Haney with Cheryl Pyle, Kirk Knuffke & Dave Sewelson: Exotic Materials Part One & Two
Pianist and composer David Haney releases a surfeit of albums, playing in various combinations ranging from solo to small group. The unifying factor is spontaneity and inquisitiveness, the only question is what size portions you want to ingest The two…
THE REASONS FOR THE SEASON!
Yes, it can be commercialized, but SO WHAT?!? Yes, the world sometimes seems like it’s spinning out of control. World protests, world wars, cultural wars on what even constitutes a man and a woman. But you know what? It’s ALWAYS…
IAN HUNTER: ALL AMERICAN BRITISH ROCKER
:”Some people are born rockers, some achieve rock stardom, and some have rock stardom thrust upon them” William “the rocker” Shakespeare IN HIS CLASSIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY “DIARY OF A ROCK AND ROLL STAR”, IAN HUNTER DESCRIBES HIS INITIAL TOUR OF THE…
DAVE DAVIES: FACE TO FACE
ONE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE GUITAR SOUNDS AND SOLOS IN ALL OF POP MUSIC COME FROM THE GUITAR OF DAVE DAVIES OF THE KINKS. HIS GUITAR WORK ON TWO OF THEIR EARLY HITS “YOU REALLY GOT ME” AND “ALL DAY…