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Dida Pelled: Blues in the Night

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 31, 2026

Dida Pelled's I Wish You Would (La Reserve) is more than a love letter to the blues, a genre she returns to after the high bar she set with A Missing Shade of Blue (Red Records). It is the definitive statement of an artist whose signature lies in the irresistible contrast between the understated intimacy of ...

Article: Year in Review

Kerilie McDowall Favorite Jazz Albums of 2025

by Kerilie McDowall
January 14, 2026

It's a long list of inspiring artists this year on the Canadian Best Of 2025 roster. Jazz spirit is in the air. An 11th release from the kaleidoscopic-robed, comedic powerhouse ensemble, saxophone groove favorites the Shuffle Demons, enhanced the year with their beyond-fab 2025 writing. Funky sax lines interspersed with laughs, fun, and hipster-king attitude make ...

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I Am Doing My Best

By Curtis Nowosad

Label: La Reserve Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: 1. We Do We (feat. Andrew Renfroe) (7:40) 2. Choices (A Butterfly Breaks Free) [feat. Joanna Majoko] (5:32) 3. Mythologies (The Stories We Tell) [feat. Andrew Renfroe] (4:25) 4. Carry You Home (feat. Joey Landreth & Joanna Majoko) (5:43) 5. Echo Delta (feat. Andrew Renfroe) (6:29) 6. (I’m Learning to Be) Kind [feat. Joanna Majoko] (6:48) 7. No Such Place As Away (feat. Andrew Renfroe) (4:44) 8. The Archer (I Am Doing My Best) [feat. Joey Landreth & Joanna Majoko] (6:20)

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Bitter Orange

By Emma Smith

Label: La Reserve Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Hey World, Here I Am! (Intro); I'm the Greatest Star; Frim Fram Sauce; Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please; Tonight; Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered; London Pride; What Took You So Long?; I'm in the Middle of a Muddle; Funny Face; My Funny Valentine; Polka Dots and Moonbeams.

Article: Album Review

Emma Smith: Bitter Orange

Read "Bitter Orange" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
October 4, 2025

Some singers are so distinctive that it is tough to find the proper adjectives to describe them. Emma Smith has a memorable and arresting voice. She has, as musicians say, 'something,' which is a style that leaves no room for doubt. Second, she is not afraid of being herself and out there for all to hear. ...

Song of the Day

Frim Fram Sauce

August 18, 2025

Album: Bitter Orange
By Emma Smith
Label: La Reserve Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 3:00

Song of the Day

Carry You Home

August 7, 2025

Album: I Am Doing My Best
By Curtis Nowosad
Label: La Reserve Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 5:43

Album

Thoughts & Images

By Alex Tremblay

Label: La Reserve Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: City of Angels; Moral Dilemma; Karma; Yellow Rose; The Sun God; Helen's Waltz; Resurgence; Hymn for the Early Departed.

Article: Album Review

Alex Tremblay: Thoughts & Images

Read "Thoughts & Images" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
December 6, 2022

The Thoughts & Images on bassist Alex Tremblay's album of that name are essentially his own (he composed and arranged every number), so the outcome must be appraised for the most part using those ingredients as a touchstone. Not that the musicianship is unimportant; on the contrary, the way in which Tremblay's quintet assesses and performs ...