Studio A Album Reviews, 4/2/14
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Here's all the albums that were reviewed before a few weeks before Spring Break, but due to me going to SXSW and everyone going on Spring Break, some of these albums were delayed. The biggest thing that...
Album of the Week: Future Islands – Singles
Baltimore, MD synth pop group are poised to break out into the big time with their powerhouse of an album, Singles. The instrumentals provide an environment for lead singer Samuel Herring to destroy with his po...
NB’s Ripples
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Noah Baerman joins our program to celebrate the release of his new CD Ripples. Noah and I discuss not only the music on this fine recording, but the interaction of music with activism to strive for a bette...
Conversation with Noah Preminger
In the Groove hosted by Ken Laster, interviews jazz artist Noah Preminger prior to his gigs in Connecticut and New York City. We speak of expanding the jazz audience, various influences that shaped Noah’s pla...
Album of the Week: Beck – Morning Phase
Morning Phase is Beck’s first album in six years and is a companion piece to Beck’s 2002 album, Sea Change. This record features the same musicians as Sea Change and many of the same musical qualities: gorgeou...
Favorite Jazz releases of 2013
These are my favorite jazz releases of 2013. I hesitate to call this a Best Of list, as one can't possibly claim to have heard all of the jazz releases in this age of independently produced recordings. While se...