Music Genres

Rock music will always come first in my world, but you'll see an eclectic list of everything from jazz-hop (Anderson .Paak) to metal, country, electronica, R&B, and folk rock.

8-Bit Heroes first album, 'Try Blowing In It', is pure pop punk alchemy that will make you feel better about contemporary music.

Inspired by California's giant sequoias, the new solo album from Jason and the Scorchers' Jason Ringenberg has its thumb on the pulses of our hurting planet and our aching human race.

Accomplished classical pianist Jason Solounias on his early interest in music, teaching music, performing, and why he's releasing his first commercial recordings on the works of Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Rock and roll is alive and well - and didn't need a Zeppelin clone to prove it in 2018.

The latest album from the celebrated English early music vocal ensemble Stile Antico, 'In a Strange Land: Elizabethan Composers in Exile,' is a beautiful sequence with works by John Dowland, William Byrd, and their contemporaries – and a decidedly melancholy affair.

Blogcritics premieres Whisperado's new lyric video. 'Bang One Out' is the title track from the NYC roots-rock band's upcoming EP.

In France in the early 18th century, minuets, sarabandes, and gigues were written to be literally danced to, sometimes by popular professional dancers. Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations recall those days with music by Telemann and Jean-Fery Rebel.

This memorable set from Dizzy Gillespie's longtime drummer is one of the best small-group jazz albums of recent vintage, full of rhythmic play and meaty assertiveness with a Latin lilt.

If you pine for the heady days of Joni Mitchell and Poco, then Pale Mara should soothe your soul.