Nels Cline: Lovers
Nels Cline Lovers (Blue Note Records) Nels Cline is neither a musician who sets genre-related boundaries for himself, nor is he an artist who places much importance on so-called logical career paths within a community, More...
Theo Croker: Escape Velocity
Theo Croker Escape Velocity (DDB Productions) Theo Croker’s third album begins with a track entitled “Raise Your Vibrations,” a manifesto indicative of the spiritual direction of the album. He acknowledges More...
Amos Lee: Spirit
Amos Lee Spirit (Republic Records) Amos Lee’s Spirit takes you on a journey through the horizons of your memory, his endearing tone signifying a promise to hold your hand along the way. Drawing influences from More...
Fletcher Henderson: Noble Blue
Fletcher Henderson Noble Blue (The Verve Music Group) Fletcher Henderson was a major player in the swing movement, an American jazz form that combined jazz and pop music into a single genre. This form of jazz is More...
Allen Toussaint: American Tunes
Allen Toussaint American Tunes (Nonesuch Records) Few musicians in the New Orleans jazz scene could play with such a depth of feeling as Allen Toussaint, the Saint of New Orleans, a passion he poured into every More...
Parker Millsap: The Very Last Day
Parker Millsap The Very Last Day (Okrahoma Records) Parker Millsap began singing at church at age five and spent most of his teenage years learning how to write songs. Maybe it’s this jumpstart on his musical More...
Sturgill Simpson: A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
Sturgill Simpson A Sailor’s Guide to Earth (Atlantic Recording Corporation) On his third, full-length release, Sturgill Simpson continues to push the boundaries of what’s perceived to be country music. He’s More...
Mayer Hawthorne: Man About Town
Mayer Hawthorne Man About Town (Vagrant Records) Within the realms of music production and breakfast food, there are few approaches that Mayer Hawthorne refuses to try. When you declare your permanent location More...
Miike Snow: iii
Miike Snow iii (Atlantic Recordings Corporation) The trio’s third, full-length release is everything you’d expect from an album that was at least partially completed in an old Swedish castle; it features a More...
Ray LaMontagne: Ouroboros
Ray LaMontagne Ouroboros (RCA Records) Rarely does a collection of songs run together so seamlessly as does Ray LaMontagne’s newest recording, a 40-minute sonic journey that, when taken as a whole, feels like More...
