Adult Contemporary, Jazz, Music Review

Music Review: Delilah – ‘Sarah + 1: A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan’ – EP

With a musical career that spanned five decades (1942-1989), the late Sarah Vaughan recorded quite a few tracks. What brings them together is of course her voice, a unique one that remains with listeners for long after the last note on Vaughan’s last track has been played. It isn’t an easy task to pay tribute… Read More Music Review: Delilah – ‘Sarah + 1: A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan’ – EP

Jazz, Music Review, Pop, Rock

Music Review: Sir Cadian Rhythm – ‘Sir Cadian Rhythm’

Long Island’s Sir Cadian Rhythm, a rock, jazz, pop quintet, released earlier this month a self-titled EP of five tracks. The band consists of musical theater performers, Juilliard graduates, music teachers, award-winning jazz band performers, and prolific poets, each having different musical backgrounds and styles that range from progressive rock, funk and metal to pop,… Read More Music Review: Sir Cadian Rhythm – ‘Sir Cadian Rhythm’

Electronic, Music Review

Music Review: Joe Blessett – ‘Excuse Me’

Orlando’s Joe Blessett released last month Excuse Me, a 12-track full-length album which features saxophone, bass, guitar, keyboards, virtual instruments, and vocals. While all the songs are firmly ensconced within an electronic feel, most of them have an added distinct flavour such as R&B, rock, soul (“Who’s in My Shit”), jazz (“Taking It Down), and… Read More Music Review: Joe Blessett – ‘Excuse Me’

Adult Contemporary, Jazz, Music Review

Music Review: Heather Powell – ‘A Haze of Grays and Blues’

Heather Powell’s song writing career began with her 2012 album Believe it to Life. With 2015’s A Haze of Grays and Blues, Powell add another ten tracks to an already impressive résumé, showcasing again her crystal clear vocals and relentless optimism. Tomás Doncker has not only signed on Powell through his production company, True Groove… Read More Music Review: Heather Powell – ‘A Haze of Grays and Blues’

Jazz, Music Review

Music Review: Joan Torres’s All Is Fused – ‘The Beginning’

Joan Torres’s All Is Fused released in August of last year a great album titled The Beginning. The jazz ensemble includes artists who previously had the opportunity to work on Joan Torres’ project together—Sergio Gonzalez and Gabriel Vicens on guitars, Fernando Garcia on drums, Jonathan Suazo on the saxophone—while welcoming Emanuel Rivera on the piano… Read More Music Review: Joan Torres’s All Is Fused – ‘The Beginning’

Blues, Jazz, Music Review, Rock

Music Review: Cold Blue Water – ‘Cold Blue Water’ EP

With Andy Bs on the guitar and taking care of vocals, Ty Dennis on the drums, Brad Cummings on bass, Brian Swislow on the keyboards and on the Hammond organ, Don Hammerstedt wielding his trumpet, and Russ Thallheimer taking care of the saxophone, Cold Blue Water’s self-titled release is a collection of five songs that… Read More Music Review: Cold Blue Water – ‘Cold Blue Water’ EP

Jazz, Music Review, Rock

Music Review: Tomás Doncker Band – ‘Big Apple Blues’

Released earlier this month, the album Big Apple Blues is the result of a collaboration between scholar, professor, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa and soul and blues music man Tomás Doncker, and backed up by a number of talented musicians: David Barnes on harmonica and sometimes adding his vocals, Nick Rolfe on keyboards and… Read More Music Review: Tomás Doncker Band – ‘Big Apple Blues’