There’s Something Special in The Beatles (White Album) 50th Anniversary Reissues
As the albums in The Beatles’ catalog reach their 50th anniversaries, we’re seeing some [...]
Music Reviews
Schmilco, And The Wilco Paradox
It doesn’t matter that ten years ago, most rock journos proclaimed Wilco to be washed up purveyors of [...]
Make It a Double: “I Long to See You” by Charles Lloyd & the Marvels (Blue Note, 2016)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk Remember those Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups TV ads from the ‘70s? Varied in [...]
Double Rainbow: Yelena Eckemoff Quartet, “Everblue” (L&H, 2015); Mike Nock/Laurence Pike, “Beginning and End of Knowing” (FWM, 2015)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk When is an ECM album not an ECM album? Two new releases from, respectively, [...]
Another convert to the Naxos Music Library
Review by Peter Wilson The review article posted by Mark Morris on WOS dated 2014/07/06 finally convinced me [...]
Our Favourite Music Releases of 2015
From the writers at Wall of Sound – minus Tim and Mark, who are presently swamped. It’s been a [...]
The Most Pristine Folk Recording You’ve Ever Heard (free download from Chesky)
Some of us received this Chesky Records email blast a few days ago, promoting a new record called From The [...]
Ryan Adams vs. Taylor Swift, And Why It Matters
Suck it up, audiophile. Let’s face it, Taylor Swift deserves our respect. Even if her brand of pop [...]
Haunting the Metropolis: “Hand. Cannot. Erase.” by Steven Wilson (Kscope, 2015)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk The drama unfolds in Metropolis, a major Montreal venue. After ninety minutes’ [...]
Ornette Coleman, avant garde jazz pioneer, dead at 85
Sad news this morning. Less than a year after his longtime bassist Charlie Haden passed away, jazz giant [...]