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Album Review: Mark Winkler - The Company I Keep (9/10)
The ageless jazz hipster, songwriter extraordinaire and sly interpreter heals from the loss of the love of his life in a most exhilarating musical fashion. ... -
Album Review: Jay-Z - 4:44 (10/10)
In a league of his own, Jay-Z proves to be the Grandmaster on the hip-hop chess board. His 4:44 is 10 tracks, concise and direct, ... -
Album Review: Jason Miles - Kind of New 2: Blue is Paris (8/10)
Renowned for helming all-star jazz projects, Grammy winning composer/producer Jason Miles finds a revolutionary way to express his awe at the resilience of Paris in ... -
Album Review: Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer - Not Dark Yet (8/10)
Sisters Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer team up for the first time for extraordinary duets. A shared harmonic kinship––Lynne’s hard whiskey tones against Moorer’s smoother ... -
Music Album Review: Michael Mollura - Score to Hare Krishna! (9/10)
Employing beautiful, soothing, acoustic instruments including flute, sitar, violins, piano, cello and multiple percussion instruments, as well as occasional vocals, Mollura and his assembled crew ... -
Music Album Review: LANY - "LANY" (8/10)
Their trendy Hollywood disciples include Selena Gomez and Patrick Schwarzenegger, but don’t let that taint your view of this bi-coastal trio. Despite their chill-marries-festival-groove aesthetic, the lyrics ... -
Music Album Review: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (8/10)
Jason Isbell follows up 2015’s Something More Than Free with an album of equal musical strength and value. The word “Americana” gets bandied about often, but this artist truly ... -
Music Album Review: alt-j - Relaxer (9/10)
Following up on 2014’s Grammy-nominated This Is All Yours, Britain’s laudable lads raise their penchant for mellifluous, molasses-drenched beats, vivid flourishes and electronic pizazz into a philosopher’s stew of ... -
Music Album Review: Wyclef Jean - "J'ouvert" (7/10)
As a preview to his upcoming full-length album The Carnival Vol. III, J’ouvert proves to be a decent EP that conveys the state of mind that Wyclef Jean is ... -
Music Album Review: Los Straitjackets - "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Los Straitjackets" ...
Known for their lucha mask schtick, Los Straitjackets are truly one of the best instro bands in the U.S.A. After a recent tour with ace British pub-rocker Nick ...
