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Article: Multiple Reviews

Ruthie Foster: Singing The Blues

by James Nadal
July 19, 2015

Since releasing her first solo record less than a decade ago, Ruthie Foster has steadily gained momentum and respect within the music industry as a double threat singer/guitarist. With eight more albums in her discography, including the critically acclaimed The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster (Blue Corn Music, 2007), she has risen to prominence in the Blues community, ...

Article: Live Review

Dion at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
July 19, 2015

Dion NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY July 11, 2015 Midway through his sold-out performance at Long Island's NYCB Theatre in Westbury, Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer, Dion paused and announced, “I had a group called Dion and the Belmonts. In the '50s, the criteria of a ...

Article: Live Review

Fare Thee Well: A Celebration of Fifty Years of the Grateful Dead, July 3,4 & 5, 2015

by Doug Collette
July 18, 2015

Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby, Jeff Chimenti Fare Thee Well: A Celebration of Fifty Years of the Grateful Dead Soldier Field Chicago, IL July 3, 4, 5, 2015 Fare Thee Well: A Celebration of Fifty Years of the Grateful Dead was one ...

News: Performance / Tour

Monty Alexander: Remembering Nat "King" Cole - At Scullers On July 25!

July 18, 2015

SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB ONE NIGHT ONLY! JULY 25 With Special Guest Vocalists Allan Harris & Caterina Zappponi MONTY ALEXANDER: REMEMBERING NAT “KING" COLE: with special guest vocalists Allan Harris and Caterina Zapponi, plus Hassan Shakur (bass), Obed Calvaire (drums) and Randy Napoleon (guitar). Master pianist Monty Alexander leads a heartfelt ...

Article: Extended Analysis

From the Vault: The Marquee Club Live in 1971

by Doug Collette
July 18, 2015

Somewhat late to the archival exploration of their fifty-year plus vault, the Rolling Stones are making up for lost time with titles like this. The Marquee Club Live in 1971 reaffirms the notion the conic British group were never a better band than at this juncture of their career. Recorded with impeccable sound by ...

Article: Album Review

Metal Chaos Ensemble: War Tuba

Read "War Tuba" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 18, 2015

Multi-instrumentalist Dave Peck aka PEK hails from the Boston, MA area and hosts an extensive discography, spanning the 90s to present on his Evil Clown Records label. His Leap of Faith band is a long-running collaboration with alternating personnel. A former student of legendary saxophonist George Garzone, PEK is a man who stretches his imagination to ...

Article: Live Review

Vans Warped Tour 2015 at Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY

by Christine Connallon
July 18, 2015

Vans Warped Tour 2015 Jones Beach Wantagh, New York July 11, 2015 Vans Warped Tour '15 rolled onto the oceanfront stadium of Jones Beach on Long Island on a sunny, hot summer Saturday. Instead of taking over the amphitheater's expansive stage and stadium seats, the enormous caravan of tour buses stood ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, July 17-23

July 18, 2015

Happy to report there is now another venue with significant jazz bookings to include in the Lead Sheet— Vieux Carré opened earlier this week; the websiteis up and running, and the club calendar is pretty much filled for July with music five nights per week, jazz at least two of those nights and often more. Add ...

Article: Interview

Bob Mintzer: Seeing the bigger picture

by Ben Scholz
July 17, 2015

"To be a great musician one must zoom out and be a part of the big picture when playing in an ensemble. The primary focus is on the greater whole. Only by doing this does a significant band sound emerge. If people of the world could only grasp this way of looking at things, we would ...

News: Recording

Jazz Guitar Icon Larry Coryell Shows His Multifaceted Talents On A New 3-CD Box Of Live Recordings

July 17, 2015

One of the most respected and celebrated jazz fusion guitarists of his generation, Larry Coryell presents a brand new triple disc box set of unreleased live performances. Titled Aurora Coryellis, this captivating collection highlights Coryell’s prodigious talents in a multitude of settings, from a full band performance in 1972 at the Jazz Wokshop in Boston to ...