Music Genres

Two recent albums that do new things with very old music.

The Reverend Shawn Amos surely delivers the blues and lifts up and nourishes the soul. This is a thoroughly engaging and enjoyable album that belongs i n your collection of contemporary blues.

Who needs a silent night? Get 'A Blues Christmas' and get ready to have a blast, Alligator style!

This release is the perfect gift for lovers of choral music and is as warm and rich as a cup of hot chocolate.

2015 is a good year for Art Pepper fans.

The hits just keep on coming from Neil Young's Archives Performance Series, and in many ways, Bluenote Café may be the best volume yet. If nothing else, it is certainly among the most interesting.

How does a pianist work with living composers as they write new works for her? Find out in this fascinating interview with Yoonie Han.

This is an absolutely top-notch concert DVD and an absolute must for any fan of the band.

The album is an intelligent mix of standards and original material.

Stavreva champions composers from her native Bulgaria, plays a mean Chopin, and is unafraid to perform her own works of rumbling, percussive intensity.