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Album Review

Hannah Gill: Spooky Jazz. Vol. 2

Read "Spooky Jazz. Vol. 2" reviewed by Kyle Simpler


In most cases, seasonal albums get shelved after the holiday passes, but Hannah Gill's Spooky Jazz Vol. 2 is an exception. Although it might appear to be a novelty record centered on Halloween-themed songs, the music here transcends the holiday, offering a collection of tunes enjoyable throughout the year. Although the selections here are overall light-hearted and whimsical, this is by no means a comedy record. Much like Slim Gaillard's music, Hannah Gill's material entertains and ...

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Sweet Megg: Bluer Than Blue

Read "Bluer Than Blue" reviewed 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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Hilary Gardner: On the Trail With the Lonesome Pines

Read "On the Trail With the Lonesome Pines" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


How does an Alaskan-reared, New York-based singer of Great America Songbook virtue come to explore trail songs from the '30s and '40s? The answer is quite simple: A pandemic-produced mixture of curiosity and yearning for open pastures. While cooped up in her Brooklyn apartment during early quarantine days, Hilary Gardner began to research the rich if oft-neglected history of this sub-genre, both as it lives and breathes in its own space and connects directly to first-rate jazz and tin pan ...

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Hilary Gardner: On the Trail With the Lonesome Pines

Read "On the Trail With the Lonesome Pines" reviewed by John Chacona


It might be hard for the young'uns to believe, but there was a time when movie houses and television screens were filled with westerns. Tales of cowpokes and their trusty horses, outlaws, dogies and tumblin' tumbleweeds were so popular that various sub-genres of westerns flourished as brand extensions. One of these featured the singing cowboy trope, and elevated such figures as Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter and most notably, Gene Autry, to stardom. The songs they sang were western-ish, ...

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Bluer Than Blue

Turtle Bay Records
2024

buy

Spooky Jazz. Vol. 2

Turtle Bay Records
2024

buy

Santa Baby

Turtle Bay Records
2022

buy

Cow Cow Boogie

From: On the Trail With the Lonesome...
By Justin Poindexter

Digga Digga Do

From: The Hot Toddies Jazz Band
By Justin Poindexter

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