Torsten Jensen embraces “Progressions” with solo piano EP
Seeing a solo project emerge from an artist known previously for making music with a group might initially seem more like a move of regression…
Connie Han’s “Iron Starlet” shimmers with skill and humility
It feels like jazz pianist Connie Han has been an actively heralded musician in the music scene for years, despite only unveiling her sophomore release,…
The timely case of Michael A. Grant declaring “It’s Not Really The Apocalypse”
Writing an album that tackles evergreen topics, personality archetypes, or problems isn’t a new art. However, there’s something to be said for the cleverness of…
Sometimes all we need is time in a “A Safe Place”
It’s that time of year again: best of lists, top lists, most beloved reissues – the qualifiers go on. The summarizing is even more intense…
Yvette Young puts personal perspective to piano in the new year
Multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer, Yvette Young, is hardly an unfamiliar face in the musical landscape. Though a single contributor within the three person band, Covet,…
Enjoy the journey over the destination with Connie Han’s “Crime Zone”
When a new musician chooses to develop in a legacy-dense historical canon that like of jazz, is it a crime to decide that they will…
The Brad Mehldau Trio’s “Spiral” might throw you for a loop
The human sensory experience seems like something that should be notably reliable and yet time after time, society is shown instances where these basic processes,…
Rolling up the sleeves of Kalimur’s Redemption
A band carrying a refined sense of clarity and an air of decisiveness about who they write for, and what they want to sound like,…
Tonara and Wolfie for Piano: Getting the globe together for a massive recital!
Streaming video being the behemoth internet pastime that it is, when musicians and the digitally driven got together to first conceive things like the YouTube Symphony…
Sensible or not: Scrutinizing the subtleties of sound
Busting out the microscope, testing protocols and then turning massively specific — these choices that revolve around pursuing absolute certainty don’t necessarily align right away with…