Live Concert Photography: Bowlive 6: Wolf! feat. Scott Metzger, Soulive, Soulive with Charles Bradley, The Shady Horns and Special Guests Brooklyn Bowl March 12, 2015 As many of you who follow JOVM will know by […]
Tag: jazz fusion
Skerik (saxophone), John Medeski (keyboards) and Adam Deitch (drums) have all been vital and important figures in contemporary, experimental jazz. Skerik, who’s been a member of renowned acts such as Garage A Trois, Critters Buggin, […]
With the release of his previous four albums, 1983 (2006), Los Angeles (2008), Cosmogramma (2010), and Until the Quiet Comes (2012), the Los Angeles-based producer, electronic music artist, and emcee Flying Lotus has won critical acclaim for his genre-defying work. And his forthcoming […]
Taylor McFerrin is a Brooklyn-based producer, composer and DJ whose musical style has been heavily influenced by 60s and 70s soul, golden era hip-hop, free jazz and electronica. On his own work. McFerrin not only plays […]
The most important and most interesting music of your life is often discovered in a serendipitous fashion – as in the case of the Asheville, NC-based Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, who I first caught when they […]
Based in Asheville, NC, the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra have developed a reputation in their home stage and across the country for their unique compositions which not only display the amiably quirky wit and charm of the […]
During a live Bonnaroo set, the Connecticut-based trio the Stepkids really impressed the folks Spin. In fact, they were listed as part of their “10 Best Things They Saw on Thursday” – and I imagine it […]
Stones Throw Records will be releasing Troubadour, the follow-up to the Stepkids’ breakout, self-titled debut later on this year – it’s slated for the fall. The trio was enlisted to take part in Red Bull’s new […]
The super-talented Asheville, NC-based Jonathan Scales Fourchestra was invited by Hype Mag for a video session while Suwannee Springfest this year, and they recorded the incredibly funky “TNFJ” which will be on the band’s forthcoming […]
Marco Benevento teams up with Rubblebucket’s Kalmia Traver on two songs on his latest effort, Tigerface – and it marks the first time that he’s had someone else collaborating with him and his band on a […]