One important rising composer who’s doing genuinely visionary work in microtonal music, helping to integrate sounds from the Middle East into jazz and rock, is Tehran-based multi-instrumentalist… more →
Lucid Culturewrote 2 days ago: Last night Tunisian-born, Paris-based singer and bandleader Emel Mathlouthi treated a sold-out crowd … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Multi-instrumentalist Serena Jost’s songs are so direct and easy to sing along to that they se … more →
wrote 2 months ago: VIA: Metal Injection Modern guitar god Joe Satriani has bestowed upon us his new album name and trac … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Tift Merritt, southern intellectual, put out what was arguably the most delicious guitar album of 20 … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Psychedelic songwriter Jacco Gardner’s new album Cabinet of Curiosities so perfectly recreates … more →
wrote 4 months ago: [repost from NY Music Daily's sister blog Lucid Culture] One important rising composer who’s doing g … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Now that the world has made its way out of post-Saturnalia mode, this is as good a time as any to ca … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Today’s free download is from Tallahassee, Florida chamber pop band Carrousel. Their moody, ca … more →
wrote 4 months ago: One important rising composer who’s doing genuinely visionary work in microtonal music, helpin … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Omaha band the Midwest Dilemma‘s album Timelines & Tragedies would be pretty much a lock f … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Hip hip! I’m back, back again! This weeks music video of the week is British rock band Biffy C … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Much as assembling the monthly concert calendar here can be a pain, it’s like walking on the b … more →
wrote 6 months ago: The Japonize Elephants have a new record, Melodie Fantastique, just out, and it’s everything y … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Today’s free download is Heart of the Hard Drive, by New York heavy rock band Of Earth. Albums … more →
wrote 7 months ago: This track is from their new album, Coalescence. I cannot wait to see them perform live at the Weeke … more →
wrote 7 months ago: For Pierre de Gaillande to be playing in just two bands means he must be busy with other things … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Fronted by husband-wife duo Clare and Olivier Manchon, Brooklyn chamber pop band Clare & the Rea … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Artist: Robert Wyatt Album: Nothing Can Stop Us Song: Strange Fruit Genre: Avant-Garde Jazz … more →
wrote 10 months ago: At any given time, there are always about two dozen New York rock bands who could be the best in tow … more →