All About Jazz — By: Dennis Cook There's base level satisfaction to someone who can write great songs and deliver them with skill and some imagination. Rocks' singer-songwriter sub-genre is well established, and if the template set by Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitc... more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook There's base level satisfaction to someone who can write great songs and deliver them with skill and some imagination. Rocks' singer-songwriter sub-genre is well established, and if the template set by Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Joni M... more info

JamBase — MARCO BENEVENTO Announces Northeast Tour Dates In November With Two Trios: Marco Benevento, Reed Mathis & Andrew Barr Marco Benevento, Marc Friedman & Josh Raymer Marco Benevento Marco Benevento continues a year long push behind his debut studio ... more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook It starts so meditatively with Satie-like piano putting shivery bell tones and low flying melancholy in the air. When the drums arrive, up front and thick on "Yesterdays Tomorrows," followed by simmering organ and a deep, very pre... more info

Topix — Montreal is the spiritual - and occasionally, temporal - home of Leonard Cohen, recently inducted into the Rock - n Roll Hall of Fame. more info

I Guess I'm Floating — In 1984 Leonard Cohen was sitting in a hotel room in New York, banging his head on the floor in desperate frustration, struggling through verse after verse (a rumored 80 or so) for his now-infamous song "Hallelujah." Those verses were filled with nu... more info

Popdose — CALLING GLORIA Laura Branigan is a classic example of a great and underrated talent whose life and career were cut short far too soon. Laura possessed an elastic alto voice with a stunning four-octave vocal range. She began her career with stints as ... more info

Stereogum — We haven't heard from Marissa Nadler since her "Mexican Summer" video. Definitely a beautiful song, but that's sort of the wrong season for her, so this Greg Eggebeen-directed clip for Songs III: Bird on the Water's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Famous ... more info

My Old Kentucky — I saw TV On The Radio at First Avenue, not long after the release of Return To Cookie Mountain. The room was heavy with anticipation, but I'd venture to say that no one in the audience was more excited than myself. TVOTR was the IT band of the moment... more info

Pitchfork — Nina Simone possessed one of the most unique voices of the 20th century, and she used to explore a variety of genres: everything from blues, gospel, and jazz to folk, rock, and world music, to name just a handful. To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story, a... more info