Sometimes I see the structures underneath my contemporary jazz reviews veer toward the formulaic. I realized that when I reviewed the new album from guitarist Juan Carlos Quintero, Table for Five! A casual listen would have […]
Contemporary jazz has been fertile ground for cultural mashups over the last few years. Entire record labels, such as Zoho, are completely dedicated to the idea of jazz traditions being absorbed into folk music traditions […]
Listening to Je Suis Africain, the latest album from Algerian singer Rachid Taha, I’m reminded me of one of my favorite albums of the last few years–Tinariwen’s Elwan, which I played for a crowd […]
Linette Tobin is a successful immigration lawyer based in Washington DC, and she’s very passionate about, uh…wait a minute. What does this have to do with music? Immigration law? Really? Well, that’s what is so […]
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