Great news from our friend Michael Oesch: Hindustani Slide Guitar master Rhitom Sarkar is returning to Canada for a series of exciting shows here in […]
She’s Your Man: Something Profoundly Different From Lana Del Rey
Music Review by Noam Bronstein Does Lana Del Rey Now Occupy A Seat Near Leonard Cohen In The Tower Of Song? Reviewing Two Tunes From […]
New Music Review: Delta Raga, By The Indo Canadian Slide Project
Music Review by Noam Bronstein Writing reviews can be a tedious task, but it’s a pleasure and an honour to write about this unique […]
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 interesting ‘deluxe edition’ reissue packages rolling out from the vaults of […]
Schmilco, And The Wilco Paradox
Rant by Noam Bronstein It doesn’t matter that ten years ago, most rock journos proclaimed Wilco to be washed up purveyors of ‘dad rock’. Or […]
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 their particulars, they shared one premise: a […]
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, Yelena Eckemoff and Mike Nock/Laurence Pike […]
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 to subscribe to the Naxos Music Library. […]
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 good year for new music releases. […]
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 Mountaintop, by folk ensemble The New […]