Jonathan Scales is the current world leader steel pannist and each of his albums are great listens end to end. He follows his predecessor pannists Dave Samuels (Spyro Gyra), Andy Narell (Caribbean Jazz Project), and Robert Greenidge (Jimmy Buffet) in bringing the island sound to the world jazz scene. InContinue Reading
Joe Marcinek consistently puts out great albums with a rotating roster of players. He’s a musician’s musician, well known amongst his peers for his sharp compositions and ability to play with anyone in multiple styles. It reminds me of a quote from legendary Crusaders’ pianist Joe Sample, who said “IContinue Reading
When I think of Denver funk, The Motet is the first band I think of. They’ve been putting out great albums for more than 20 years, with All Day, being their 10th and I’ve been with them most of that time. This album takes them back to their funk rootsContinue Reading
The Dip Plays It Cool. Yes they do. This band is one of my favorites to get introduced to over the last couple of years. They have a new soul and funk sound with that old school feel and on top of that can play with both an edge andContinue Reading
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose” and this year it was for listening intently to recorded music. In a time when live music was unimaginable, there was a plethora of terrific albums in 2020. This annual recap covers my most enjoyable albums released inContinue Reading
Three-O is Shaun Martin’s third album following 7 Summers and Focus, and naturally is a trio album. Shaun is a six-time Grammy award winner, three with Kirk Franklin and three with Snarky Puppy. That’s a lot of threes. Shaun is an amazing keyboardist and definitely his own man. Yet, one ofContinue Reading
Source: Home — kneebody Have a look and listen to the first single off the album:Continue Reading
I only know Fort Knox Five from their albums, including their release Pressurize The Cabin (2015) which was just recently remixed and reissued.  Check out Pressurize the Cabin as Album of the Week. You can stream the album from the list on the right. Here’s what FK5’s website says about the remixContinue Reading
Now that super funky Brass-A-Holics have been here, it’s time for a new wish list for bands I want to see in my hometown Vulfpeck: super funky foursome out of U Mich, have played several festivals but have never, as far as I know, hit ATL. Their album Thrill of the ArtsContinue Reading
The New Mastersounds went to Nashville to record some of their classics live right to vinyl thus creating an album that has the groove and feel of one of their live shows. Â For those of us who listen to digital music, we had to wait 6 months digital version ofContinue Reading