Teymur Phell, Master Volume | The Vinyl Anachronist
Master Volume from bassist Teymur Phell has been sitting on the review pile for quite some time, and now I feel a bit guilty for letting it languish. First of all, it’s good, really good–this […]
Master Volume from bassist Teymur Phell has been sitting on the review pile for quite some time, and now I feel a bit guilty for letting it languish. First of all, it’s good, really good–this […]
One of the things I’ve learned about music over the last couple of years is that there’s a difference between a hybrid genre, such as country-rock or Latin-funk, and playing one genre of music entirely […]
It’s been a winter of female jazz singers, which is certainly not that odd of an occurrence, but in a crowded field it’s hard to stand out when there’s so much talent in the contemporary […]
Back when I watched the television show ER faithfully, before they started killing off all my favorite characters, I had a massive crush on actress Gloria Reuben. I saw something in her eyes, a mixture […]
For the last few weeks I’ve been discussing an interesting trio of electronica LPs I’ve received, and now I’ve got an interesting trio of Americana albums in the review pile. The first entry was that […]
The Sam Chase & the Untraditional‘s new 2-LP release, The Last Rites of Dallas Pistol, is so unique that it might create its own musical genre–arena Americana, epic western folklore or panoramic country. This is […]
I posted this on Facebook just the other night: “I’ve been getting a lot of LPs sent to me that don’t specify 33 or 45rpm. Sometimes I guess wrong, and sometimes the music just really […]
When I reviewed Rasmus Kjaer‘s Turist and Orqid‘s Tenderness a few weeks ago, I mentioned that there were three electronica LPs that were sent to me around the same time and that all three were […]
It seems like the last few jazz guitar albums I’ve heard are somber affairs, with delicate and thoughtful notes plucked within the context of oceans of space. Shawn Purcell doesn’t fit that description–on his new […]
When I first heard The Sphynx from jazz violinist Jonathan Ng, I thought someone had thrown the wrong CD into the case before mailing it off to me. You look at the cover, and then […]
Choir recordings from 2L Recordings tend to be a special treat. Since Morten Lindberg loves to record in spacious Norwegian churches, these releases tend to be pure exercises in the relationship between the human voice […]
I think the folks at Andover Audio have been listening to my griping and grousing over the lack of all-in-one record players that also sound good, and for a reasonable price. For a number of […]
It was such a pleasure to find Margules Audio exhibiting at FLAX 2020. I’ve known the Margules family of Mexico City for many years, back to when Colleen and I used to regularly visit their […]
Before I discuss the McIntosh MCD600 SACD/CD player, I have to tell a story. Just a couple of weeks ago I overhead a conversation between two audiophiles who were discussing the continued role of compact […]
I can always count on 2L Recordings when it comes to challenging me intellectually, through complex musical themes, or helping me to bask in the beauty of some of the finest recordings of the last […]
Back when I reviewed Rasmus Kjaer‘s stunning LP Turist, I mentioned that three electronica albums showed up on my front porch within a few days of each other. Orqid’s Tenderness was actually the first slab […]
I started off 2020 expecting a break from the multitude of Latin jazz releases–specifically tango and Brazilian jazz–that dominated the music scene in 2019. I love this music, but after a while it all starts […]
For a long time I’ve admired the sound of jazz duos that consist of just an acoustic and a electric guitar player. The overall sound is smooth and relaxing, but there’s always a manner in […]
Contemporary jazz is mostly made of throwbacks, so Calabria Foti and her new album Prelude to a Kiss shouldn’t be at all surprising. Here’s the basic recipe: one sultry chanteuse, one Great American Songbook […]
Was the foreshadowing too obvious when I discussed the possibility of a “purist jazz” trend in 2020 when I reviewed the Fabrizio Sciacca Quartet yesterday? ‘Cuz right on cue we have another fascinating yet straightforward […]
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