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"I knew that I wanted to do this with my life from when I was 16", says Hunter about his musical career. His early recognition of this may have been influenced by the fact that he grew up in homes where his mother repaired guitars for a living in Berkeley, California where he has lived since he was eight years old. Charlie picked up his first guitar when he was twelve years old for $7, and a few years later was taking lessons from Joe Satriani, who at that time was just another guitar teacher. "People can't believe that but I was just another Berkeley kid and every Berkeley kid took lessons from Joe Satriani

Album

Only A Drop

By Lo Steele

Label: Side Hustle Records/Little Village Foundation
Released: 2026
Track listing: Greenz; Stockholm; Made New; Seven Wonders; Step Out On Faith; Will We Ever Know How It Feels To Be Free?; Just Say You Want Me; Garden Floor; Freedom Song.

Article: Album Review

Luca Benedetti: Slow Down For Turtles

Read "Slow Down For Turtles" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
September 17, 2026

Guitarist/composer Luca Benedetti is emerging from the same hallowed Brooklyn community that has nurtured the alchemy of Medeski Martin & Wood as well as the chameleonic likes of his fretboard peer Will Bernard. The winsomely titled Slow Down For Turtles, Benedetti's third album with bassist Tony Scherr and drummer Tony Mason, is an object ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Robyn Spangler, Alicia Waller, Nicole Zuraitis, Elsa Nilsson, Seth Kibel & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
June 22, 2026

This broadcast includes new music from Robyn Spangler, Alicia Waller, Nicole Zuraitis, Elsa Nilsson and Seth Kibel, with birthday shoutouts to Hazel Scott, Geri Allen, Beryl Booker, Jocelyn Gould, Jenny Scheinman, Honorable Men Cy Coleman and Kenny Barron, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear -see them live, buy their music so ...

Article: Album Review

Lo Steele: Only A Drop

Read "Only A Drop" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
April 20, 2026

Befitting the album title, Only A Drop is a captivating but parsimonious depiction of Lo Steele's musical attributes. As such, it stands as an outline (in practical terms) for future productions with more lavish elements conjuring proportionately potent impact, but also for contemporary soul/r&b singing in general terms. In singing “Greenz," Steele sounds as ...

Article: In Pictures

Corey Fonville R&B Organ Trio at The Annex in Norfolk, VA

by Mark Robbins
March 2, 2026

The first time I heard Corey Fonville was in March 2013 at the now defunct Havana Nights Jazz Club in Virginia Beach, Va. He was playing with John Toomey on piano, Jimmy Masters on bass and Joe Locke on vibes. Since then Fonville has been a member of the Nicholas Payton Trio, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah's ...

News: Recording

Composer, Guitarist, and Inventor Jack West Releases 'Guitars On Life,' An Acoustic Guitar Duo Album Featuring West and Guitarist Walter Strauss

February 8, 2026

West Also Releases Essential Curvature, a Double-LP Compilation of Recordings Made with His Group Curvature Between 1996 and 2003 Both Albums are Available on Vinyl and Digital Platforms via Otá Records Composer, guitarist, and inventor Jack West will release two albums on Otá Records (the label behind most of Omar Sosa’s recordings). The first, Guitars On ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Mud Morganfield, Duwayne Burnside and Candice Ivory: Blues Triad

by Doug Collette
January 18, 2026

Posers abound around the contemporary blues universe, but none of these three is among them. On the contrary, Mud Morganfield, Duwayne Burnside and Candice Ivory all transcend cliche in their work, doing the tradition proud in his/her own distinct fashion. As a direct descendant of a blues icon Muddy Waters, Morganfield carries the heaviest load, but ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kurt Elling: Manifesting the Music

by Leo Sidran
January 12, 2026

Kurt Elling first appeared on The Third Story podcast in 2016--nearly ten years ago now. In some ways, it feels like a lifetime ago. Back then, he had moved from his native Chicago to New York and was living in Manhattan. The first Trump presidency, the pandemic, and the cascade of upheaval that would follow were ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Favorite Jazz and Fusion Albums 2025 - Music from Artemis, Behn Gillece, Johnathan Blake, Hiromi, and Others

by David W. Daniels
January 6, 2026

A subjectively selected “Best 25 jazz and jazz fusion albums of 2025" list, with artists as diverse as Branford Marsalis, Phil Bancroft, Ella Fitzgerald, and Yellowjackets. Playlist Artemis “Sights Unseen"--from Arboresque (Blue Note) 00:00 Branford Marsalis Quartet “'Long As You Know You're Living Yours"--from Belonging (Blue Note) 7:21 Nnenna Freelon “Changed"--from Beneath The Skin ...