Mike Tiano sings and plays guitar on this orchestrated album of sing-songy originals. Tasty and pretty pieces like “On Hold” and the rockish “The Dark Ages” feature classical instruments or choir, while Tiano gives some nice 12 string guitar work…
Month: July 2021
Anyone: On The Ending Earth…
Led by founder, guitarist and vocalist Riz Story, the band Anyone also includes Miles Martin/b and Ethereal on piano on this hard rock/heavy metal album that is reminiscent of 70s bands like UFO or The Scorpions. Heavy thunder explodes on…
THE LATEST ROARS FROM LEO…Saadet Turkoz & Nils Wogram: SongDreaming, Andrea Massaria: New Needs Need New Techniques, Michael Attias & Simon Nabatov: Brooklyn Mischiefs, Jacek Chmiel & Lara SuB: Meandertale, John Wolf Brennan: Nitty Gritty Ditties
Free form label Leo Records has just released its latest cache of intuitive tones. Hang on tight! Singing with sounds of Anatolia, Saadet Turkoz temas with Nils Wogram on trombone and melodica for a mix of folk and free. Wogram…
James Digirolamo: Paper Boats
Singer/songwriter James Digirolamo delivers a 6 song ep that evokes sounds akin to vintage Paul McCartney in style and sound. His voice has a comforting charm to it, teamed with an easy beat and guitar pulse on “Same Boat” and…
JOHN BEASLEY: MONK, MENDES, MILES AND NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION
HOW HAVE YOU LEARNED MOST OF THE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE? DID SOMEONE SIT YOU DOWN AND DICTATE INFORMATION TO YOU? WELL, SOMEONE PROBABLY DID THAT, BUT THAT’S NOT HOW YOU LEARNED MOST OF THE THINGS YOU TAKE WITH YOU…
ETHAN IVERSON: FROM THE BAD PLUS TO BEBOP, BUD POWELL AND BACH
IT’S NOT COMMON THESE DAYS THAT A JAZZ GROUP GETS POPULAR, BUT THE MIDWEST TRIO THE BAD PLUS, WHICH HAD ETHAN IVERSON AT THE PIANO FOR MANY YEARS, HAD THAT PRIVILEDGE. EVEN MORE UNCOMMON WAS THAT THE PIANO TRIO HAD ITS OWN…
BE PROUD OF OUR ROOTS!
In this day of disparaging America’s roots, history and direction, I decided to make a list of why the good old US of A is still the brightest hope in the world. A generation of students that were poisonously weaned…