Mercury News, California — How does one explain a voice that captures the silky/dusty intonations of Rosemary Clooney, Julie London's breathiness, Frank Sinatra's 'let's have a drink and a smoke' ease, and brushes up against the roughness of Chris Isaak without losing a cool g... more info
LargeHeartedBoy — Iris Dement's The Trackless Woods, The Mynabirds' Lovers Know, La Luz's Weirdo Shrine, and Ultimate Painting's Green Lanes are all new albums I can wholeheartedly recommend this week. Archival recordings include Miles Davis: Live in Tokyo 1975. This ... more info
Aquarium Drunkard — Some recent, recommended archival releases of (mostly) unreleased material from some jazz giants. It’d take a whole lot more than four discs to sum up what Miles Davis was up to onstage from 1955-1975. But the trumpeter’s latest Bootleg SeriesÂ... more info
L.A. Times - Entertainment — Last year the New York Film Festival chose to close its annual awards-season confab with "Birdman," a movie about an actor beset by troubles as he sought to stage a Broadway play. more info
The Independent — Miles Davis, Count Basie, Benny Golson – and now Geoffrey, the IT consultant from Brentwood, Essex. He, too, was playing the legendary Ronnie Scott’s jazz club in Soho, London. more info
Core News — “Iggy continues in his new Friday night slot serving you up a sonic cocktail to start the weekend off including tracks by Savages, Miles Davis and Turbonegro. Iggy’s musical legacy has inspired and energised rock and roll’s alternative spirit s... more info
Stereogum — This week we discussed Taylor Swift’s breakup with Spotify, we ranked Miles Davis’ albums, and we heard new music from Father John Misty and Azealia Banks. Your best and worst comments about these things and more are below. Parklife! THIS WEEK’... more info