Craft Recordings Restores Rare Recordings By Joe Bataan and Art Pepper From Golden Age Of Latin Soul & Jazz In All Analog-Mastered 180-gram Vinyl Reissue Series
Mark Smotroff rounds up some sweet reissues readers might have missed…
New Vinyl & Streaming Releases: Bird Streets Return, Eno’s Record Store Day Special Voiceless Edition, Paco De Lucía at Montreux
Mark Smotroff catches up on some fine new pop, jazz and ambient music…
Peggy Lee’s Twice-GRAMMY-nominated I’m A Woman A Fun High Resolution Stream On 96/24 Qobuz Hi Res and CD-Quality Tidal MQA
Mark Smotroff sets the way back machine to his infancy…
New Zappa Mudd Club /Munich 3-CD Set Delivers Rich Les Paul-Driven Rock Crunch Throughout Overlooked 1980 Tour Recordings
Mark Smotroff rediscovers an era of Zappa music he under-appreciated…
Rock Lives On Guided By Voices’ New Dual Releases “La La Land” & Tremblers & Goggles By Rank,” Out Now On Vinyl & Qobuz, Tidal & Apple Lossless Streaming
Mark Smotroff continues to be enchanted by Dayton Ohio’s favorite band…
2022 Listening Report Round-up: Some Jazz Vinyl That Got Away By Ahmad Jamal, Tony Williams and Kenny Burrell
Mark Smotroff catches up on some releases which he didn’t get around to reviewing last year…
Frank Zappa’s 1972 Jazz Rock Masterpieces The Grand Wazoo & Waka/Jawaka Featured In New Boxed Set, Waka/Wazoo. Part 2, The Live & Studio Sessions
Mark Smotroff continues his deep dive exploration of Zappa’s big band era…