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Article: Live Review

Live Duos From Birmingham: Tir Na Nóg, Melt-Banana & Toumani/Sidiki Diabaté

by Martin Longley
June 17, 2014

Tir Na Nóg The Kitchen Garden Café May 26, 2014 The Irish duo Tir Na Nóg should be applauded for its longevity in addition to its ability to keep the music vital, exuding an aura of in-the-moment spontaneity. The wonderfully intimate Kitchen Garden Café, in the Birmingham suburb of ...

Article: Album Review

Nikolaj Hess: Trio

by Neri Pollastri
May 2, 2014

Inizia con un malinconico brano di Bob Dylan (al quale è dedicato anche un altro omaggio) questo bel CD del pianista danese Nikolaj Hess, in trio con Tony Scherr e Kenny Wollesen, la ritmica di Bill Frisell conosciuta nel suo lungo soggiorno a New York. Ma la cifra della formazione non si ferma a questo primo ...

Article: Live Review

Diana Krall Sextet at Mesa Arts Center

by Patricia Myers
April 22, 2014

Diana Krall Sextet Mesa Arts Center Mesa, Arizona April 8, 2014 Diana Krall applied her sultry voice and dynamic piano style to a captivating if surprising concert that combined jazz with tender childhood memories, silent-film clips and Seinfeld-style mischievous humor. In a stage setting that resembled an old-time theater, Krall mostly ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Wilko Johnson / Roger Daltrey: Going Back Home

by Sammy Stein
April 20, 2014

Wilko Johnson has been around for a long time. He will forever be associated with Dr Feelgood, the influential rhythm and blues band, but he has done many things since leaving the band in 1977. His distinctive guitar style, as well as his affable demeanor, have made him a bit of a national treasure. After leaving ...

Article: Catching Up With

Barb Jungr: Loving Living Life

by Sammy Stein
April 15, 2014

Barb Jungr brings her infectious enthusiasm to even the most mundane of things. A stroll in the park is turned into a gleeful discovery as she finds a stand of daffodils; a walk home is turned into delight as Jungr snaps a picture of London by night from a bridge. She has that knack of spotting ...

Article: Interview

Brian Blade: Fellowship - More Than Just a Word

by John Kelman
April 14, 2014

In the 21st century, few drummers have managed Brian Blade's kind of crossover success. Beyond playing in saxophonist Wayne Shorter's quartet for nearly 15 years, beyond being a first-call drummer for producer/singer/songwriter Daniel Lanois--whether it's for his own projects like Black Dub or working with everyone from Bob Dylan to EmmyLou Harris--and beyond also being on-call ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration Deluxe Edition

by John Kelman
April 12, 2014

A star-studded show celebrating the music of Bob Dylan, televised around the world thirty years after the release of his first Columbia recording, 1962's Bob Dylan, could have been seen as swan song; after all, Dylan was in a period of songwriting inactivity that would last from 1990 through to his potent reemergence with 1997's Time ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Emmylou Harris: Wrecking Ball

by Nenad Georgievski
April 5, 2014

Wrecking Ball seemed like a pivotal record in singer Emmylou Harris' history when it was released in 1995 and it is no less important now 20 years later. It is said that great records may go out of print but they rarely go out of style, and Wrecking Ball still radiates with its sheer beauty. Assisted ...

Article: Album Review

Barb Jungr: Hard Rain (The Songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen)

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by John Eyles
March 14, 2014

Ever since Barb Jungr released her first album of Bob Dylan songs, Every Grain of Sand (Linn, 2002), she has been consistently praised as a Dylan interpreter par excellence. Each of her subsequent albums has included at least one Dylan song--she even included a couple each on her tribute albums to Elvis Presley and Nina Simone. ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Johnny Winter: True to the Blues - The Johnny Winter Story

by John Kelman
March 1, 2014

With the release of From His Head to His Heart to His Hands earlier this year, Legacy Recordings proved it was possible to put together a career-spanning retrospective, even if the artist's discography--in this case, the late blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield--spanned several disconnected labels. Now, less than one month later, Legacy does it again with yet ...