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Interview With Don Howatt Of The Apostle Fractal: Progressive Rock Lives On
Q: Pardon my ignorance, but what does the Apostle Fractal mean? A: The short answer is The APOSTLE Fractal is just the name of our band. The long answer is a bit more complicated. “APOSTLE” was a name I had in mind for a band for a long time. As a young boy I would draw ...
Singer/Songwriter Bill Rotella Recalls Tom Petty And Roger McGuinn On New Solo CD
Breaking up may be hard to do, but it can be pointedly humorous as well. “I can’t hide the tears/That I never cried,” confesses singer/songwriter Bill Rotella on “When You Left Everything Went Right,” the first single from his latest album, All Roads Lead Home. In the early ‘80s, Rotella was a founding member of Baywood, ...
An Interview With James Dean Claitor
Q: What made you decide to title your new album Pseudonyms? A: It seems to me that each melody in a tune is played by several different instruments, like the clarinet or saxophone for example, and as such are pseudonyms for that tune. Q: What instruments do you play, and when did you decide to become ...
Interview: Gourmet Duo Plus
Q: How and when did Gourmet Duo Plus form? A: Gourmet Duo Plus is the extension of the musical group Gourmet Duo. Gourmet Duo was founded in 2010 by pianist and singer Yvetta Uustalu and bassist Tõnis Tüür. Q: What inspired the group's name and why did it change from Gourmet Duo to Gourmet Duo Plus? ...
Interview: Don Andrews Of Spirojazz
Q: Some people, especially those who familiar with progressive-rock albums from the '70s, would expect Space and Alienation as a science-fiction concept record. But Space and Alienation have a deeper meaning on your album, judging from the emotional tone of certain pieces. Is Space and Alienation what we feel from everyday living? In other words, we ...
Spirojazz Releases Thought Provoking Fusion Album "Space and Alienation"
The music of multi-instrumentalist Don Andrews is alive. It literally breathes and accelerates at a breathtaking pace. On his latest effort, Space and Alienation, Andrews forces the listener to pay attention. No coercion is needed. Calling himself Spirojazz, Andrews crafts hypnotic, thought provoking, and daydreaming instrumentals that inspire various interpretations. If the title of the album ...
Vocalist Norm Drubner Captures Emotional Highs Of Jazz Classics On New CD
With his warm, breathy voice, Norm Drubner can reflect the emotional pulse of even the most familiar of jazz standards. Suddenly, what once seemed to be so engrained in the consciousness that new feelings were muted becomes fresh and alive once again. On his latest album Let’s Fall in Love, Drubner doesn’t do the usual, which ...
Trumpeter/Vocalist Ilya Serov Casts Spell On New CD
With a voice as silky as his trumpet playing, Ilya Serov casts a seductive spell on his debut album, September in the Rain. The Los Angeles-based Serov possesses that rare gift of being able to sing as well as utilize the trumpet with graceful precision. Such a talent is not common, and Serov employs both in ...
Phillip Brandon Crosses Musical Boundaries On Sunny New Ep
With the spring melting the icy chill of winter, the self-titled EP of Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Phillip Brandon delivers an appropriately sunny ambience, feel-good vibrations pulsing through an electrifying powder keg of funk, jazz, and R&B. With musical inspirations as wildly diverse as Journey and Luther Vandross. Oddly enough, Brandon’s music crosses the boundaries between them ...
Interview: Sharon Marie Cline
Q: How were you introduced to jazz and blues? A: I grew up listening to classic music. My mother would play records all day, every day on the phonograph while we did our chores. I'd listen to Ella, Sarah, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Wilson, The Duke, and Nat King Cole filling the house with amazing melodies and ...
