The Long and the Short of Mike Oldfield: “Five Miles Out” and “Crises” (deluxe editions; Mercury, 2013)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk I remember my first proper sound system, purchased during high school in 1984: [...]
Recordings
The Naxos Music Library and three classical CD’s for summer listening
Imagine 98,760 CDs on the computer server of your audio system – the mind boggles (well, I suppose [...]
Upended Cornucopia: Glass Hammer’s “Ode to Echo” (Arion Records/Sound Resources, 2014)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk Sure, it’s safe to say that Glass Hammer is the finest progressive rock band [...]
Musical Gems from T Bone Burnett and the Coen brothers
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the music of Inside Llewyn Davis DVD Review by Noam Bronstein [...]
Polite Blaze: Eric Alexander’s “Chicago Fire” (HighNote, 2014)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk Yes, folks: he still walks the earth and works among us. Rudy Van Gelder, one of [...]
Suites of Sorts: “Mira” by Arild Andersen with Tommy Smith and Paolo Vinaccia (ECM, 2014)
Album review by Neil Hobkirk I’m going to treat this album as though it fell into two distinct sections. [...]
LP Review: Daniel Romano, “Come Cry With Me”
Come Cry with Me, by Daniel Romano (2013, Available on LP and CD) This was a new one to me. I was taken by [...]
Medal Of Honor: The Limited Edition Soundtrack Collection
When pondering the topic of soundtracks, the first images that come into one’s mind are often that of [...]