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Abbey Lincoln: That's Him
by C. Andrew Hovan
An intriguing byproduct of the current vinyl renaissance, Record Store Day has become a proving ground for labels looking to balance archival reverence with commercial opportunity. Craft Recordings has carved out a particularly compelling niche, frequently issuing mono editions of classic titles from its catalog. Following previous releases featuring Gerry Mulligan, Bill Evans, Max Roach, and ...
Chris Coull Quartet With Imogen Ryall: Songs From Porgy And Bess
by Neil Duggan
The opera Porgy and Bess, composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, features many iconic songs that have crossed over into other genres, with many becoming jazz standards, while others have been covered by pop and rock artists. Gershwin, who also composed Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris, poured jazz, ...
Sue Cahill: Evanstonia
by Mike Jurkovic
Double bassist/composer Sue Cahill's Evanstonia kicks off with one of those olde-tyme a-ratta-tat-tat and a-ratta-tat-tat courtesy of drummer Dru Heller (Don Byron, Greg Osby) that can sweep a listener off into one of those musical moments that lock in at the moment, escort attention elsewhere for a while, then return one safely to the moody environs ...
Louis Stewart: Joyce Notes
by Ian Patterson
Few books have provoked such acclaim and disdain as Ulysses (1922), James Joyce's dense and dazzling opus. Banned in the UK, subject to an obscenity trial in the USA, scrutinized, vilified and glorified, it has inspired and baffled in equal measure. Its experimental stream-of-consciousness style--liberally laced with puns and mordant humor--has proven a literary ...
Kate Williams: On The Wing Of A Dragonfly
by Neil Duggan
One of the many pleasures of a piano trio is that the pianist is freed from the need to complement or integrate with other harmonic voices, breathing more expansively, leaving gaps in the texture or venturing into unexpected tonal areas. The bass also benefits from this openness: it steps into sharper relief, freed from a reinforcing ...
Faye Carrol: Forever Dynamic
by Pierre Giroux
Faye Carol has never been a singer who tiptoes into a song. On Forever Dynamic, she strides straight into the centre of each tune, claims it, and leaves her fingerprints all over it. Twenty tracks across 2 CDs might seem like a lot on paper, but in Carol's hands, it plays like one long set, with ...
Whatever Happens Don't Be Yourself: Tales of Consequence
by Glenn Astarita
The name sounds less like a band title than advice shouted across a dimly lit house party: Whatever happens, do not be yourself. Absurd, funny, and strangely apt, the moniker sets a subversive tone for Tales of No Consequence, the fifth album from this Bergen-based nonet led by the drummer and composer Nils Are Drønen.
Ingeborg Gravem Sollid: The Aftermath
by Daniel Mège
Some albums feel like an invitation to join a benevolent planet where things are effortlessly explained through poetry. So does The Aftermath (Fjordgata Records, 2026), where a sense of well-being rapidly settles in, nourished by the beauty of the compositions and the sustained intelligence of the interpretation. The group is a quartet led by vocalist Ingeborg ...
Warren Wolf: Smoove Vibes
by Pierre Giroux
There is something quietly disarming about Smoove Vibes. It is the kind of album that does not shout its ambitions but simply settles into the room with you. Warren Wolf working from his basement, handles an impressive range of musical duties, including vibraphone, marimba, drums, keyboards, vocals, and sampled elements that shape the music from its ...
Pink Floyd: Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, April 26th 1975
by Doug Collette
One of the main selling points of the large(st) package available for the 50th Anniversary of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here (Columbia, 1975), Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, April 26th, 1975 became available as a stand-alone release on vinyl for Record Store Day April 2026 and was issued the following week in a ...
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