‘Tis the season for dozens of new renditions of Christmas chestnuts to fill the ears (at least). While these fresh covers of old-time classics can often be stirring, catchy, and heartwarming all the same, it’s even more exciting when an…
Dear reader, have you ever become acquainted with an individual, get to know them for one thing they’re very good at, and then be positively shocked when you discover that, “Hey, they are also very good at this other thing!”…
Jazz may have had its start in the west, but Japan may well lead the charge for innovative pursuits in the genre in our modern-day. Tokyo’s jazz scene, in particular, thrives more by the day, with traditional and fusion-style jazz…
When you step into a venue just as an acapella duet of Joni Mitchell’s ‘A Case Of You’ is starting up you know you’re in for a special kind of Wednesday night. Sweeping over the audience like a fragile…
Jim White is in his 60s these days but as an explorer of country music’s outer reaches age is certainly no albatross. Where lesser musical genres cast aside those grizzled and battered by time’s tide, in Jim’s world wisdom…
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyC-VbcO0Z0[/embedyt] Siobhan Wilson released her album, There are no saints, earlier this year and it’s really rather good. Siobhan combines accessible, emotional songwriting with strong musicianship across several instruments. And of course, her voice which shifts between style, intensity,…