Personnel: James Brandon Lewis, tenor saxophone; Jaimie Branch, trumpet; Luke Stewart, bass; Warren Trae Crudup III, drums; Anthony Pirog, guitar.

“James Brandon Lewis has been climbing the current jazz pantheon for a good while now. This deserving project should elevate the 36-year old tenor saxophonist from Buffalo even higher in the ranks.
Backed by the usual collaborators in his touring trio (drummer Warren Trae Crudup III, bassist Luke Stewart) and a pair of familiar guests, Lewis has crafted another fine testimony to his dynamic skill and progressive vision.
An abbreviated cascade of cymbals preludes the opening designation as guitarist Anthony Pirog weaves subtle, hypnotic chords while Jaimie Branch’s trumpet constructs a solid brass foundation for Lewis’ initial solo.
Some sequences may cryptically conjure the layered, Coltrane-like crescendos Kamasi Washington seized on during his breakthrough a few years back. However, it doesn’t take much listening to understand that this epic is Lewis’ exclusive domain, and that a mainstream breakthrough of his own is also warranted.” All About Jazz

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“Fulks put together a top-notch studio band for these sessions (including stellar guitarists Scott Ligon, Redd Volkaert, and Danny B. Harvey), and the audio is clear, loud, and suitably unfussy. Linda Gail Lewis may share top billing on Wild! Wild! Wild! with Robbie Fulks, but she’s not playing second fiddle to anyone; they both deliver the goods here, and if you don’t believe a 71-year-old woman can make a great rock & roll record, this album will show just how wrong you are.” Source
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“Peel Dream Magazine is the nom de plume of New York City-based musician Joe Stevens…Stevens harkens back to the early 1990s, when The Velvet Underground resurged as an inspiration to a new set of bands wielding synthesizers, off-set guitars, and a political bent. The Peel Dream experience is defined by a gentle, fuzzy psychedelia — a hypnotic bit of mod-ish lo-fi pop, recalling the best of early Stereolab, Lilys, and other shaggy haired kids with vintage fuzz pedals, slim trousers, and good record collections. Stevens conjures a distinctly 90s vision of the 60s. Not the actual 60s, mind you, but perhaps a 60s daydreamed about from the creature comforts of a suburban living room. An abstraction. Shag carpet turned to bowl cut. Jean jackets — disaffected but wholesome youth. It’s not irony, exactly. It’s the love that comes from loving. And a bit of whimsy. It’s the 90s, again. Post-post.” Source

“As many of us already know, the hyper-imaginative sound of experimental pop band Aquaserge takes on an even wilder dimension on stage, and they’re viewed as one of today’s most exciting live bands. In the wake of last year’s acclaimed Laisse ça être album, here’s an opportunity to enjoy Aquaserge’s tremendous live sound. Déjà-Vous? (‘you, already?’) was created from recordings made during two shows in 2016 and 2017, for which the band was augmented by the 3-piece horn section which plays with them on specific occasions.”Bandcamp

“This is how traditional country can feel so close to old blues and primitive rock and roll, and even Cajun music and ragtime soul settle into the equation. They’re all different, but they’re all the same because it’s the music that came before, and the music that will always be, regardless of the direction the fickle winds of trend or popular culture blow.” savingcountrymusic.com

“Austin-based Erika Wennerstrom is taking a break from fronting Heartless Bastards, to deliver her solo debut out in March. Finding strength in vulnerability, Wennerstrom ultimately finds liberation. Hear her soar on “Extraordinary Love”” Source
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