Here’s another omiyage (souvenir) from Japan. These guys came on after the twenties (see below.) It was an experience, to say the least. It might seem tame from the photo, but Saotome Satsuki is anything but. When these guys came…
As I’ve mentioned a few times, I went to Japan this summer. I came back with a suitcase of CDs and a few live shows under my belt. For the rest of this week, I’m going to tell you about…
By the time I get around to writing reviews, it’s usually been a month or two since I first listened to the artist. So I can’t quite say for sure what grabbed me about Jeffrey Martin’s Dogs in the Daylight…
I always make a show of being befuddled by the music my students like to listen to, but sometimes it’s not for sure. (I still don’t understand why women lose their panties for Drake.) This time, when a student asked…
I’ve gotta come clean. I’m addicted. To sleep. I just got in a solid 8 hours for the first time since…August?…and it felt great. So I’m not going to write a full review tonight. However, you can enjoy Karen and…
Luke Winslow-King is a Northern boy made good. Lured to New Orleans for the same reason everyone else is (music), Winslow-King studied at the University of New Orleans. While I’m sure he was interested in blues and jazz long before…
I’m gonna start with the bad since I like to end with the positives: I wish this album were longer. Emma Swift splits her time between Sydney and Nashville, but there’s no question that the Australian native deserves a special…
Emilyn Brodsky’s charisma is difficult to resist. Here’s the snippet from her bio that won me over before I’d even listened to her music: “She has been called ‘charmingly aggressive’, ‘the love of my life’ and ‘a jerk’.” Brodsky’s lyrics…