Folk Jazz - CD Reviews (84)
ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra) is a 4-piece band from the San Francisco/Oakland area with equal parts of folk, jazz, pop, soul, funk, and roots music. They received m…
Read more...
Money Mark (born Mark Ramos-Nishita) started his music profession performing with rap artists The Beastie Boys and folk-pop artists like Yoko Ono and Beck. In his second…
Read more...
There is a timeless beauty within the melodies of Stephen Foster. Unfortunately, with the exception of "Old Folks At Home," contemporary jazz musicians have virtually ig…
Read more...
The old saying you can’t judge a book by its cover certainly applies to the latest release by eclectic guitarist Bill Frisell on the Nonesuch label. The untitled …
Read more...
The first thing you notice about the new Paul Berner CD Running Outside is how closely the packaging resembles a Pat Metheny project. A quick trip to his websit…
Read more...
The first thing you notice about the new Paul Berner CD Running Outside is how closely the packaging resembles a Pat Metheny project. A quick trip to his websit…
Read more...
Anjani Thomas along with the renowned Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, have compiled a listening experience that will surely appeal to fans of Norah Jones or Di…
Read more...
Eliot Morris takes folk-jazz and pop to a level of flight and inspiration that is acoustically comely with adornments of blues, folk, rock, and country in a tranquil gra…
Read more...
Happiness is an emotion that doesn’t need questions. Life answers this for us, and the simple pleasures answer this for us; or rather there is no question.... no answer.…
Read more...
Perhaps not quite as exasperating or lucrative as finding an original Picasso in your attic, nonetheless; surprises in various shapes, forms or flavors can be a good thi…
Read more...
Guitarist/singer/composer Chuck Perrin’s latest self-released recorded project, 44 Minutes of Love - a reference to the length of the CD, finds the quasi-folk sin…
Read more...
The Shawangunk is a lovely mountain in New York, where the crystal clear streams sparkle in the sunlight and cobalt skies are endless. You can stand at the edge o…
Read more...
Shortly before Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans, Mary Flower traveled to the city to work with some of the area’s top musicians. The result is Bywater Dan…
Read more...
Gateway is the second major release by the Kevin Dorsey Collective, a central New York based jazz group that's making waves and maybe an impression or two on th…
Read more...
If ever there was a push-n-play worthy of a candlelit soul searching sunset with a glass of wine and memories set to moods, "Some Lessons" is that signature spin. Coated…
Read more...
Banjo player extraordinaire Alison Brown’s latest album, Stolen Moments, is a fine recording, full of great songs and displaying some masterfully executed …
Read more...
The audience that KJ Denhert and Adam Falcon had in mind when they wonder twinned it for their album The Songwriter’s Notebook, did not have me in it. Se…
Read more...
Afenginn is a Danish band exhibiting excitement, flair, and an overall sense of emotional diversity. Retrograd contains pieces with influences ranging from gypsy music a…
Read more...
Over the past few years, a new genre has emerged bringing artist such as India Arie, Erykah Badu, and D'Angelo into the spotlight. "NeoSoul’ is what it is called, a sound w…
Read more...
The Four Bags’ Offshore CD is a mixed bag, throwing about jazz sensibilities, sleepy town Americana, an interesting interpretation of XTC‘s "Humble Daisy," and a cou…
Read more...