James Blake: James Blake
Updated: 2011-05-27 21:26:16
“Full of airy vocals and synths, the album sounds as if it could lift off at any moment if not for the drum thumps tethering it down.” –The Boston Phoenix Check Our Catalog
“Full of airy vocals and synths, the album sounds as if it could lift off at any moment if not for the drum thumps tethering it down.” –The Boston Phoenix Check Our Catalog
“Volume 2 finds their passionate fandom and astute study at work once again, producing homage and history that ranges across a roster of players past (Mark “the Bird’’ Fidrych) and present (Ichiro Suzuki), famous (Reggie Jackson) and obscure (Carl Mays, the only player in major league history to kill a man with a pitch).” –The [...]
“The most soulful results arise in his duets with women: an exquisitely bluesy “Long Way From Home” with Lucinda Williams, a great bit of lead vocal role-swapping with Paloma Faith in “Lola” and “Dead End Street” with the brassy Amy McDonald.” –Los Angeles Times Check Our Catalog
“On their eponymous debut, the duo known as Steel Magnolia continue their winning ways combining her bluesy bruised angel rasp with his slick, keening country pop tenor.” –The Boston Globe Check Our Catalog
“Maintains its luxurious hold from beginning to end.” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
“From the opening chimes of The Ballad of Mona Lisa to the a-ha-tinged strings of Memories, Vices & Virtues is a breath-taking voyage, which ends in the brilliantly bonkers baroque stomp of Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met…)…one can’t help but smile when a record is this brilliantly bombastic.” –BBC Music Check Our Catalog
“Their sound wasn’t far removed from the American heartland to begin with, but these days it’s getting close to Tom Waits territory, what with the barely-in-tune pianos, the mandolins, the slide guitars, the humid-summer-evening tempos, and Karin Bergquist’s increasingly smeary approach to sung pitch. There’s also more than a touch of Lucinda Williams in her [...]
“Worcester’s Dom…likely to be our biggest musical export this year.The seven songs on this EP, now being re-released onto the bigger stage through Astralwerks, are the epitome of the predominant contemporary mercurialism, where lo-fi electronic retro-futurism meets psyched-out garage.” –The Boston Globe Check Our Catalog
“Nelson’s singing and guitar playing have always fallen well to the jazz side of country all along anyway, and he’s hardly been a garden variety hat act during his long career, while Marsalis has long worked to reintroduce jazz as a viable popular form in American music. It’s about synthesis, really, and so it makes [...]
“Mary Mary still know how to make an entrance, opening their sixth album with a raucous stomper — the album’s title track — that samples the Jackson 5′s “Mama’s Pearl.” The following track, “Something Bigger,” increases the energy with super-charged marching-band percussion.” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
: , skip to main skip to sidebar Swing , jazz and blues Dance to the music Music that makes you want to dance Thursday , May 12, 2011 Radio show : Peppermint Candy with Broken Hearts A new radio show called Peppermint Candy has appeared on JazzFM . It's presented by the dj duo Broken Hearts They describe their show as Peppermint Candy is a contemporary take on the swing genre , guiding listeners through the story of swing from the classic think Ella , Billie and Duke to contemporary outfits such as Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and The Correspondents Accompanying all this will be the latest news from gigs , festivals and events across the country , interspersed with unusual swing lingo and the day-to-day trends that swing has influenced from games , dance , food and . fashion In the first show they