Rachel Eckroth’s composer creativity thrives in the “The Garden”
Composer, pianist, vocalist, and clever arranger, Rachel Eckroth, reminds listeners on her newest LP, The Garden (Rainy Days Records, 2021), that imagery paired with music – even…
Come quick and catch Oliver Patrice Weder’s “Rainbow Fish”
Composer and producer, Oliver Patrice Weder, has released new piece “Rainbow Fish,” into the wild – the first single from forthcoming sophomore album, The Pool Project. Weder…
Indulge in the imaginary innocence of Josselin Prud’hom’s “Le Louphoque”
Who hasn’t at some point or another, decided to “play tourist” for a day or a weekend, in the place they call home? It’s a…
Flowering Branches’ “Pendulum Hearts” doesn’t miss a creative beat (Premiere Play)
Long Island, NY progressive jazz quartet Flowering Branches, introduced themselves to the world back in March, with a rhythmically vibrant and melodically poised single that…
Slowfox combines cleverness and consideration to find “Freedom”
The music of Freedom, the new album from Cologne, Germany jazz trio Slowfox, wasn’t created around the band’s own unique interpretation of the idea of…
The music of Hannah Baiardi’s new album comes “Straight from the Soul”
Though Hannah Baiardi’s sophomore release, Straight from the Soul bears a title that implies a sense of directness, of being blunt in its musical personality,…
There’s refreshing beauty in Flowering Branches’ “Blossom and Decay” (Premiere Play)
What better way is there for a band born in late 2020 to identify themselves, than though the wholesome beauty and hopeful promise of something…
Creative energy flows freely on Aura’s debut
So much time over the past year can be described by a perceived feeling of “never-ending”: incessant chaos, incessant uncertainty, incessant loneliness and, most fundamentally,…
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,…
Tiny Circus’s debut makes a big show of flexibility in jazz
Cataloged as “modern jazz” and “improvisatory” music with Bandcamp’s tagging feature, the self-titled debut of Newburyport, MA jazz quintet Tiny Circus, certainly fits both of…