BaBa ZuLa – İstanbul Sokakları (Glitterbeat, 2024) BaBa ZuLa, Istanbul’s renowned genre-defying ensemble, returns with İstanbul Sokakları (Streets of Istanbul). Although they are sometimes marketed…
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Egg – Egg (Esoteric Recordings reissue, 2024/originally released in 1970 on Deram) Esoteric Recordings is set to release a new vinyl edition of Egg, the…
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Ken Stringfellow is a founding member of one of my favorite Seattle/Bellingham bands, the Posies. Ken released his latest solo album Circuit Breaker, yesterday, on…
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Forq – Big Party (GroundUP Music, 2024) Forq is an American collective that seamlessly combines irresistible grooves rooted in funk, blues, and Latin jazz; along…
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Oddleaf – Where Ideal and Denial Collide (self-released, 2024) Oddleaf‘s debut album, Where Ideal and Denial Collide, is a striking entry into the world of…
View More Oddleaf’s Debut Album: Symphonic Splendor and Progressive Rock Mastery
Nick Fletcher is back, with a new album for 2024, A Longing For Home, which will be released on October 14, 2024. The band lineup…
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Lars Danielsson, Verneri Pohjola, and John Parricelli – TRIO (ACT, 2024) Lars Danielsson, Verneri Pohjola, and John Parricelli come together to create TRIO, a jazz…
View More European Jazz Masters Unite for ‘TRIO’ at Château Palmer
Well, sometimes, you need to hear something completely different. Sam Chue, CEO, from Washingtones Records calls Hannah Wyatt’s Sunday Cowboy, “Gothic Americana”. Is it progressive,…
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Nicola Lori – Urban Vision (NL Music, 2024) Nicola Lori’s debut album, Urban Vision, draws inspiration from modern urban life, a concept previously explored by…
View More Nicola Lori’s “Urban Vision”: A Progressive Exploration of City Life
Mile Marker Zero – Coming of Age (self-released, 2024) Coming of Age is the third full-length release from Mile Marker Zero. The album encapsulates the…
View More Mile Marker Zero’s Reflection on Coming of Age