ICYMI: ‘The Montreux Years’ Releases
(In Case You Missed It) As audiophiles we’re often bombarded with ‘new’ reissue [...]
Recordings
Soul To Keep You Alive
We are languishing, according to a popular NY Times article someone sent me recently. I can’t argue [...]
Norwegian Night Moves: Yelena Eckemoff’s “Nocturnal Animals” (L & H Production, 2020)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk Reviewing Yelena Eckemoff’s exquisite Everblue (2015) for Wall of Sound a few [...]
WoS Writers And Readers Pick Their Favourite Albums Of The Decade
This is not a ranking! Nor a review. Just a list of some of our favourites, from 2010 to the end of 2019. [...]
She’s Your Man: Something Profoundly Different From Lana Del Rey
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]