NYTimes Previews The Cookers
New York Times lists The Cookers among their fall preview Read More at...
AP Album Review: Chris Robley
Review: Chris Robley beautifully captures state of the union “Robley’s weighty words — he’s an award-winning poet — are made even more powerful because they’re paired with equally engrossing melodies.” | Read More at...
Wide Open Country Highlights Nora Brown
Wide Open Country 6-Pack: “The Very Day I’m Gone,” Nora Brown “Teenage banjo prodigy Nora Brown delivers a gorgeous, stirring version of ballad singer Addie Graham’s ‘The Very Day I’m Gone,’ the latest release from...
Gearbox Records Confirms Abdullah Ibrahim Solotude, Out November 26 via Digital & January 14 on Vinyl/CD
NEA Jazz Master & “Master Composer” (NPR Fresh Air) Abdullah Ibrahim Confirms Solo Album “A master of understatement and balance… Levitating.”–New York Times “The master composer… sounds like nobody else.”–NPR Fresh Air “A modern...
Jazziz Album Announcement: Abdullah Ibrahim
Abdullah Ibrahim, Solotude (Gearbox) “The piano legend’s solo performance perfectly lends itself to the venue’s renowned acoustics. Solotude is due out November 13 on Gearbox and you can pre-order it here.” | Read More at...
Big Takeover Album Premiere: Chris Robley
Album Premiere: Filament in the Wilderness or What Comes Next by Chris Robley “Each inhabits a nation where hope and empathy are still warranted, if hard-won.” | Read More at Big...
Bluegrass Situation Song Premiere: Chris Robley
Listen: Chris Robley, “Love Is a Four-Letter Word” “I don’t know if there’s much to explain except the obvious: love can be a double-edged sword.” | Read More at...
New Sounds Spotlight: Sacred Soul of North Carolina
Premiere #2: A Field Trip Yields Sacred Soul Treasures From North Carolina “A pair of producers made a field trip to the eastern part of North Carolina just before the country shut down last year, and there, in a small studio in the town of Fountain, they...
Folk Alliance International Confirms Hybrid Conference May 18-22, 2022, Planned As Both In-Person In Kansas City, MO and Online-From-Anywhere Format
Official Showcase Applications Opened September 1 “There were countless examples of folk as a valued element in the contemporary musical landscape… To wander the poster-festooned hallways was to be greeted by traditional folk in all its iterations, experience its...
Blues & Rhythm Magazine UK Feature: JCR Records
Tony Burke tells the story behind two new gospel albums “JCR Records, a subsidiary of the D-Vine Spirituals label, was a custom pressings label, founded by JuanD. Shipp which had its first release around 1972.” | Read More...
Memphis Flyer Feature: Elder Jack Ward
Elder Jack Ward’s Original, Time-Tested Take on Sacred Soul “Elder Jack Ward, age 83, may be the greatest gospel singer you’ve never heard of.” | Read More at Memphis...
WBUR Premiere: Mick Flannery & Tianna Esperanza
Listen To Cross-Atlantic Songwriters Find Connection And Escape During Quarantine “The world shut down in 2020, and Tianna Esperanza craved excitement.” | Read More at...
Apple Playlist: Howard Grimes, On the Session
Apple Music playlist highlights soul & funk Listen at Apple...