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Live Review

Big Ears Festival Knoxville, TN March 26-29, 2026 Another year, another jam-packed festival lineup. The Spotlight presentations included SUSS Presents Across the Horizon, an ambient country experience; films and performances related to Ethiopia's musical legacy; and David Byrne's Who is the Sky? Polish pianist/composer Hania Rani offered an ambient concert and the North American premiere of her piano concerto; returning saxophonist/composer John Zorn was featured in a 12-performance series; and there were several performances by Laurie ...

Radio & Podcasts

Four Quartets

by Patrick Burnette
March 19, 2026

Have no fear--the boys are not discussing just any four quartets. No, there's a couple of matching sets. An influential album from a certain “European Quartet" confronts its doppelganger from fifty years later; a recent leader date from a guitarist known for his electric work faces off with a work of his youth dating back forty-five years. And if that's not exciting enough, Pat leads Mike into the dark alleyway of Beach Boys bootlegs.Playlist Discussion of Keith Jarrett's ...

Live Review

Nels Cline and Others At 2026 Winter Jazzfest's Manhattan Marathon

by Paul Reynolds
January 13, 2026

Manhattan Marathon | Brooklyn MarathonNels Cline and More Winter Jazzfest's Manhattan Marathon New York, NY January 9, 2026 Like New York's winters on the whole, the long nights of the city's Winter JazzFest demand hardiness. Moveable feasts that sprawl onto multiple stages in a neighborhood, the Jazzfest's celebrated marathons require braving New York's cold to trudge, for up to a mile, between clubs. And when you arrive at one, you may have to ...

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2026 Winter JazzFest Marathons: A Survival Guide

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 6, 2026

For jazz fans who are in New York, when one countdown ends with the Times Square Ball Drop, another one begins--and ends a few days later, when Winter JazzFest officially gets underway with the first downbeat at Le Poisson Rouge. For 22 years, the festival has been the launch pad of the jazz year in the city. This year's edition will run from January 8 to 13, with a program that spreads across 16 venues and well over ...

Radio & Podcasts

Nels Cline: Tales Of A Daunted Guitarist

by Lawrence Peryer
December 20, 2025

Most people know Nels Cline as Wilco's guitarist for the past two decades. But his range goes far beyond indie rock. He's spent forty-plus years moving between jazz clubs, punk venues, and studios where the rules get bent or thrown out entirely. Rolling Stone put him on their list of the top 100 guitarists of all time, but that tells you nothing about how he actually plays.His current project is Trio Of Bloom (Pyroclastic Records, 2025), and it ...

Live Review

Nels Cline Consentrik Quartet at Littlefield

by Max Kutner
October 11, 2025

Nels Cline Consentrik Quartet Littlefield Brooklyn, NY October 1, 2025 Nels Cline's Consentrik Quartet returned to the stage to make a rare Brooklyn appearance at Littlefield. The formidable ensemble also included saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, bassist Chris Lightcap and drummer Tom Rainey. One of the most striking aspects of the group is how smoothly Cline's relatively wet, heavily effects-laden aesthetic fluidly integrates with the bone dry timbres of Laubrock, Lightcap and Rainey. If Cline's role in ...

Album Review

Nels Cline: Trio Of Bloom

Read "Trio Of Bloom" reviewed by Vic Albani

by Vic Albani
September 22, 2025

La straordinaria etichetta Pyroclastic Records, guidata da Kris Davis, aggiunge un altro gioiello alla sua collezione di incisioni di questo primo decennio di attività. Protagonista questa volta è un trio d'eccezione: Craig Taborn, Nels Cline e Marcus Gilmore. L'idea nasce dal produttore e poeta David Breskin, mente creativa dietro l'etichetta e collaboratore di lunga data dei tre musicisti. Nonostante Taborn, Cline e Gilmore abbiano suonato insieme solo sporadicamente, Breskin ha intuito il potenziale della loro unione, e non ...