Feb 2, 2022 | MMRF - Results, No Depression
Album Review: Pianist Albert Smith’s Songs Pack Healing and Heart into Big Belly Mama “Albert Smith’s music has a smile in it. No matter the subject, the South Carolina pianist’s rattly, rollicking keyboard accompaniment creases a listeners’ face with happy...
Feb 1, 2022 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results, Paste
Paste highlights Solotude by Abdullah Ibrahim “As heard on this lovely vinyl release, the mood of the space lent notes of wistfulness and fortitude to his playing.” | Read More at...
Jan 31, 2022 | American Songwriter, Bible & Tire - Results, MMRF - Results
New Song Friday! Hear New Tracks From Dedicate Men of Zion and More “Gospel group The Dedicated Men of Zion have a vocal mixture like your favorite honey cake.” | Read More at American...
Dec 29, 2021 | Howard Grimes - Results, Rolling Stone
Al Green’s ‘Timekeeper’ on How He Gave Southern Soul Its Funky Heartbeat “Howard Grimes’ drum grooves helped form the foundation for Hi Records’ Seventies masterpieces. In a recent memoir, the career sideman to Green and many more tells his own story.” ...
Dec 20, 2021 | NPR, The Cookers - Results
Reflecting on the wisdom of our jazz elders “If I have to choose one standout this year, my pick is The Cookers’ sixth studio album, Look Out!” | Read More at...
Nov 18, 2021 | Billboard, Folk Alliance - Results
The Folk Alliance International Conference will be held Feb. 23-27, 2022 “Folk Alliance International has revealed the lineup of nearly 140 artists who will take part in its 34th annual conference, slated for Feb. 23-27 at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas...
Nov 5, 2021 | Jazziz, The Cookers - Results
Still Cookin’: Billy Harper enjoys a late-career awakening with The Cookers “Jazz history is rife with brilliant musicians who never received their proper due. Some became bitter, some fell prey to bad lifestyle habits, some died young, some even consigned their...
Nov 2, 2021 | Elizabeth King - Results, NPR
New Music Friday: The top 10 albums out on Oct. 29 Read More at...
Oct 12, 2021 | American Songwriter, Chris Robley - Results
Daily Discovery: Chris Robley’s Storytelling Shines “2016 was a heavy year for Chris Robley. Between President Trump’s unexpected ascension to the White House and the loss of his father, the artist went looking for answers.” | Read More at American...
Oct 4, 2021 | The Cookers - Results, Washington Post
In the Cookers, collective centuries of heat “Over 35 years later, in 2001, trumpeter David Weiss, an arranger and sideman for Hubbard, was approached by a longtime admirer about a Cookers reunion concert to take place at Brooklyn’s Up Over Jazz Café in Park...
Sep 29, 2021 | Nora Brown - Results, NPR
NPR All Songs Considered: Nora Brown, Le Ren, Wet Leg, Ustad Saami, NoSo, More “We also hear 16-year-old Nora Brown’s take on an old Appalachian tune…” | Read More at...
Sep 27, 2021 | American Songwriter, Nora Brown - Results
At Age 15, Nora Brown Bears the Torch of Ancient Music Traditions with Poise on New LP Sidetrack My Engine “Mentored by folklorist/filmmaker/New Lost City Rambler John Cohen and the nurturing Jalopy Theater/Brooklyn Folk Fest scene, Brown got her start playing...
Sep 17, 2021 | New York Times, The Cookers - Results
New York Times lists The Cookers among their fall preview Read More at...
Sep 16, 2021 | AP, Chris Robley - Results
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...
Sep 15, 2021 | Nora Brown - Results, Wide Open Country
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...
