Three jazz albums you may have missed.
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Music Review: Svetlana & The Delancey Five – ‘Night at the Speakeasy’
Get out your dancing shoes, hot jazz is back!
Read More »Music Review: Daniel Grinberg – ‘Short Stories’
‘Short Stories’ creates an emotionally rich auditory experience without heading either into preaching or depressing territories.
Read More »The Everlasting Legacy of Natalie Cole
With a powerful vocal style and unforgettable performances spanning four decades, Natalie Cole conveyed life's joys and pains across genres.
Read More »Music Blu-ray Review: The Who – ‘Live in Hyde Park’ (1-Blu-ray/2-CD)
Should you snag this new concert Blu-ray, supplemented by the full show on two CDs? If you're a Who fan, you better, you bet!
Read More »Holiday Hope from the Homeless: Members of Outreach Program for Mentally Ill Create Christmas Waltz
Members of a program for the mentally ill homeless gathered with Teaching Artist Leo Schaff to create and perform a Christmas waltz to lift your spirits this holiday season.
Read More »Music Review: San Antonio’s Deer Vibes – ‘The Nature of…’ Full-Length Album Debut
The San Antonio indie band's first full-length album is an impressive achievement.
Read More »Music Review: Jethro Tull – ‘Too Old to Rock ‘N’ Roll: Too Young to Die!’ Four-Disc Box Set
The video version of the album is a goofy-fun immersion into a mid-1970s world of hyper-costumed, half-baked concept-album dizziness. But there's nothing half-baked about this masterful, somewhat neglected album.
Read More »Music Review: Sarah McLachlan – ‘The Classic Christmas Album’
This is a perfect album for the softer, quieter moments of the Christmas season.
Read More »Music Review: Nirvana – ‘Nirvana’ (New Digital and First Vinyl Editions of ‘Best Of’ Collection)
Nirvana's studio output was so limited that a best-of collection seems almost beside the point – if you were a fan, you have the albums, or at least the last two, and if you're a completist you'd want one of the box sets. Still, 'Nirvana' has sold millions worldwide, and now is a good time to get it in any number of new formats, of which Universal has given us a dizzying variety.
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