From our friends at Wewantsounds – yet another gem, this time featuring legends Dollar Brand, Don Cherry, and Carlos Ward. From the label’s Bandcamp site: “Wewantsounds is honoured to announce the first-ever international release of the legendary collaboration between Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) and Don Cherry, featuring Carlos Ward. Following Continue Reading
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Stick Men – 20260403 Elkton Music Hall, Elkton, MD
Tony Levin and the side project of his I like the most have new live material available here, and it’s free. This is from a concert held in April of 2026, and the sound quality is excellent. The music is as wonderfully Crimson-esque as you would expect.
Keçaçioğlu Muhammad, Gurban Primov & Sasha Ohanezashvili – An Azeri Mugham Trio ca. 1912
From the damn-near-perfect record label Canary Records’ Bandcamp site: “Keçaçioğlu Muhammad was the stage name of Muhammad Mashadi Khalil oglu who was born June 18, 1864 in the city of Shusha in the mountainous region of the Russian Empire known to the overwhelming Armenian majority of its residents for centuries Continue Reading
Jeff Gburek + Eryk Nowacki – Small Fires
Yet another sublime release by fellow expatriate Jeff Gburek: “Our title Small Fires derives from the practice among certain Indigenous American people of making small fires periodically, often enough to prevent the build-up of fallen wood that could fuel large forest fires. It is also said that one makes a Continue Reading
Jonah Parzen-Johnson & Lau Nau – A Few We Remember
From November 2025, we have a very good free improv release worth checking out. From Jonah Parzen-Johnson’s Bandcamp site: “A Few We Remember is the new album by Jonah Parzen-Johnson and Lau Nau. The recording debut for the new duo of Finnish composer Lau Nau, aka Laura Naukkarinen, and American Continue Reading
RematriNation – ᎠᏌᏃ ᎩᎦᎨ (The Red Dress)
Symphonic rock still lives! RematriNation is a trio fronted by keyboardist and vocalist Lisa LaRue, and the music is something quite special, blending progressive rock with indigenous influences from the band members (Cherokee, Yaqui, and Ecuadorian mestizo). The music is solid, beautifully recorded, and it’s definitely satisfying a need I’ve Continue Reading
TaHK – Heavy Ordnance Detonation
The world is a bleak place at the moment if you spend way too much time on social media. I would recommend touching grass for a while to get your soul back in order, but my old friends in TaHK have a markedly different way of dealing with today’s horrors Continue Reading
Devin Gray feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski – Hz of Gold
This is the second album in the past few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing that features percussionist Devin Gray, and the two musicians he collaborates with on this disc are legendary: Andrea Parkins- electronics, accordion & wurlitzer Frank Gratkowski- saxophones, flutes, & clarinets Devin Gray – drums & Continue Reading
Marco Benevento – Glera
I don’t know how Marco Beneveto managed not to get caught by my radar, as he produces such great Nu-Jazz that I almost feel bad I didn’t know about him sooner. This is an upcoming release, but the tracks available are funky and as contemporary as it gets.
Wim Mertens & Glenn Branca – Belly Of An Architect (Original Soundtrack)
For no other reason than having a good memory about the great Wim Mertens and the late Glenn Branca, I present you this minimalist classic soundtrack, one of Mertens’ best works.