Vidar Johansen and Lonely Woman are a jazz quintet from Norway with an impressive resume. Having played with artists as stylistically diverse as Van Morrison, Roscoe Mit…
Sara Caswell proves she is as versatile as she is gifted as a violinist and composer. She radiates elegance (as on the title track) waxes thoughtful ("Black Is the Color…
Michael Lampert’s case for the electric mandolin taking a prominent place in progressive jazz music is solid. The sound of his instrument can be compared to a high-pitch…
At first listen, Joe Finn’s guitar playing is sweet and charming. It is smooth and fluid, not complicated, heady or stylized. Nice, yes, but listen more closely and what…
Who says Canadians can’t sing the blues? Brian Blain, born in rural Quebec and active in the music scene for forty years, possesses a "northern" style that gives him a c…
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