Results for "Adam Holzman"

Adam Holzman

No-Man: Love You to Bits

By GENO THACKARA

Sometimes a new album is what happens when you're busy making other plans. Fittingly enough, plans for this duo have always been something of a joke anyway; No-Man's career has criss-crossed the whole spectrum of styles precisely because they've always been willing to follow unexpected ideas as the mood hits. It's also the reason the band ...

Joey DeFrancesco: From Musical Prodigy to Jazz Icon

By VICTOR L. SCHERMER

Joey DeFrancesco is a true master of the jazz organ, the one others look up to as the standard bearer, as was his inspirational hero, Jimmy Smith. Arguably, he could be dubbed the Mozart of the jazz organ, since like Mozart, he seemed to have been born with all the music already in him. By four, ...

Most Read Album Reviews: 2018

By MICHAEL RICCI

All About Jazz tracks how often an album review is read, and the reviews listed below represent our most popular in 2018. After The Fall Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette by Karl Ackermann Published: February 13, 2018 Music IS ...

Truth Decay

By ADAM HOLZMAN

Label: Big Fun Productions
Released: 2018
Track listing: Ectoplasm; Bella Capri; A House is Not a Motel; Phobia; Good Luck With Your Music; Are You High?; Truth Decay; I Told You So; Morphine Lollipop; You Knew; Picking Through the Wreckage.

Steven Wilson: Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall

By GLENN ASTARITA

One component of progressive rock composer/vocalist/guitarist/ Steve Wilson's widespread appeal pertains to his rather boyish charm and heartfelt vocal delivery. A strong composer and supreme melody-maker, the artist seduces the audience with the notions of living and breathing the experiences and implications of a song's lyrics. And he helped pave the way for post progressive rock ...

Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (2CD/Blu Ray)

By JOHN KELMAN

Steven Wilson Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall Eagle Records 2018 In a career now early in its fourth decade, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson has bucked almost every trend in the new millennium music industry. After spending over twenty years as the driving force behind Porcupine Tree, he made ...

John Kelman's Best Releases of 2018

By JOHN KELMAN

Once again, the chronic health problem that has reduced my writing pace to a crawl continues without any respite. My best of the year lists have traditionally been predicated upon having reviewed the releases chosen, but with only a relative handful of reviews to choose from this year (and with those choices, more than ever now, ...

Steven Wilson at Salle Wilfrid Pelletier

By JOHN KELMAN

Steven Wilson Salle Wilfrid Pelletier Place des Arts Montréal, Canada November 23, 2018 Singer/songwriter Steven Wilson's star has been on the ascendance since he first began releasing albums as Porcupine Tree in the early '90s, a solo project that ultimately became a band when early releases were so successful that ...

Michael William Gilbert: Radio Omnibus

By GEANNINE REID

Computers and technology have changed our lives in so many ways that it is hard to fathom the speed in which our lives have transformed. This rapid transformation also applies to music. Home studios and digital distribution for the modern-day artist allows more musicians per capita to get their music heard on a larger scale. What ...