1000 Miles from Home’s 6 song EP, Collusion, is a good, solid collection of songs that fits well as a CD to throw into the player when you’re looking for something different, but can’t put your finger on anything in particular. If you’re not blown away the first time you...

Bobo Bazinsky in the Bronx will scare you in the same way that a big city scares an out-of-towner.  It’s loud, hectic, in-your-face, and diverse.  But behind the beeps and traffic is a silver lining of humanity and culture.  All of this, believe it or not, is actually captured by...

Far & Wide, the debut album by U.K. jazz guitarist Andreas Hagiioannu (pronounced “hajianu”), rings with warm, lyrical tones and clean, crisp licks. Backed on a little over half the tracks by bassist Dirk Griffin and drummer Alan Savage, the album swings in an unpretentious groove as Hagiioannu explores harmonic...

What do you get when you add a previously unheard of language, virtuosic African drum solos, a Caribbean beat, a strong set of vocals and exceptional guitar playing? An incredible audio experience called Watina, the new album by Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective. This is an exciting and interesting...

Beat Pharmacy is Brendon Moeller, a South African expatriate who is primarily self-taught. STEADFAST, Beat Pharmacy’s third proper long play release, continues Moeller’s exploration of various genres of electronica and dance music joined in a gumbo of other styles, including jazz and afro. The tracks on STEADFAST flow seamlessly, creating a...

Bebel Gilberto’s Momento is an album that fits moods like a chameleon. Plug in your earphones under the thatched roof of a beachside cantina, and watch the world go by in an easy samba. Back at your flat, and put the CD on while you shower up, mix martinis and...

Bouncer Crew is a group of MCs who claim a wide range of origins but seem to be based primarily out of Detroit. XTASY FOR LADIES, their initial project, is produced by DJ Cam, whose production values tend to the minimalist, which is good, very good, actually. Most of the...

The first song on Brian Buckley’s For Her begins with a one and a half minute guitar solo that, surprisingly enough, both captured and held my attention. Buckley can wail on a guitar, to say the least, but there’s an intensity and urgency in those first few seconds of Little...

Young California rookies Brown Shoe do a decent job on their sophomore album Vanity. Don’t expect any surfing bubblegum pop here. Although the band hails from the sunny coasts of CA, their sound is of another, better world. Instead, an almost polished British indie-rock is heard. Roaring guitar solos and...

Bryan Ferry announced recently that he is not going to tour the United States in support of DYLANESQUE, his new CD consisting entirely of covers of Bob Dylan. DYLANESQUE: LIVE --- The London Sessions, a DVD of studio performances of the songs contained on the CD, will ease the pain...