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Glenn Crytzer: The Songbook Sessions (Volume 1, 1920)
by Kyle Simpler
Peter DeVries once wrote that “nostalgia ain't what it used to be," and this is certainly true when it comes to music. The greater the time distance, the harder it is to maintain authenticity. As a result, recreating music from the past might come across as something gimmicky or disingenuous with some performers. However, this is not the case with guitarist Glenn Crytzer. With The Songbook Sessions Vol. 1, he brings early twentieth-century repertoire back to life with an authenticity ...
Continue ReadingSweet Megg: Bluer Than Blue
by Nicholas F. Mondello
One of the more niche genres in the history of jazz is western swing. Primarily dance music and hugely popular in the Southwest, it originated as a jambalaya blending hot jazz, country, blues, pop and traditional fiddle playing, performed by combos such as the Light Crust Doughboys and Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. It incorporated instrumentation including violins, steel and electric guitars with other instruments. The music was a precursor of rockabilly. Bluer Than Blue superbly resurrects that energetic ...
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