"A sailing jazz-chill experience. Freedom, sonically-expressed. Fun, light, warm." Words we used in May of last year to describe composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist Pablo Embon's 18th studio album, Reminiscent Moods. Possessing an artistically [Click here to open...]
New Latitude – Wood, Steel, and Grace
Back in the summer of 2017 we described their second studio album, Vantage Point, as, "...wonderfully soothing..." "...bursts and sparkles with EXACTLY what was intended: The masterful acoustic guitar playing and creativity of Dave Erickson and Jim [Click here to open...]
Tyler Suarez X TRAXX – Genesis
Small town Connecticut-native, Tyler Suarez, and New York-native, Brenton Morrison (a.k.a. TRAXX) met their freshman year of college at the University of Bridgeport. A shared sonic muse inspired a quick friendship and an inevitable musical [Click here to open...]
Pork Pie Hat – Giotto Groove
Downsizing from quartet to trio in 2017, that new minimalist environment seemed to coax-out and foster a sound unique to the three gentlemen which make up the NRW (North Rhine Westfalia), Germany-based Jazz-Funk-Soul-Blues band known as, Pork Pie [Click here to open...]
Jokatech – Native Son
We've previously called him a “…legit and welcome voice in an otherwise culture of poppy hooks and empty verse.” In turn calling his music, "Inherently positive. Creative. Spiritually wholesome and inclusive." So, what it boils down to is that when [Click here to open...]
Steven Blane – First Christmas (single)
One of our favorite indie musicians has just popped back onto our radar. An artist whose music we've unabashedly described as, "...accessible and intriguing storytelling...", and, "...uncomplicated yet masterful musicianship...". These words have [Click here to open...]
Shawn Simms – Vapors In Time
"I'd taken guitar lessons when I was younger, but nothing really clicked," laments the Salem, Virginia-based songwriter, composer and producer, Shawn Simms, of his musical beginnings. But then, as these things happen, a couple of iconic musical [Click here to open...]
Pablo Embon – Reminiscent Moods
"...multi-instrumental, fusion jazz-based extravaganza..." "...one of the best kept secrets in Jazz..." "...imaginative, genre-crossing, sonic light..." All words we've used in an attempt to describe the musical craft of Israel-based master-of-Jazz [Click here to open...]