Guitarist Nels Cline has a new group alongside fellow guitarist Julian Lage, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Tom Rainey, and they're set to release their new album, Currents, Constellations, April 13th on Blue Note Records. Lage and Cline have been playing together since 2014's Room, but this time with Scott Colley (who performs alongside Lage in Modern Lore, another fine … [Read more...]
Nextbop’s Favorite Non-Jazz Albums of 2015
I like that we make this list every year. No, it's not as well read as our other posts. It doesn't exactly fit what we do. But I like the rounded nature of this, that there's a humor in making a jazz and non-jazz list, of the other vast majority of the market share while still including folks who are still just as independent. Many on this list are jazz musicians anyway, … [Read more...]
Anthony Dean-Harris’ Favorite Non-Jazz Albums of 2015
We all have our favorites. We also have our need to make sense of the world. I hold to the belief that genre is important because while some can say there are only two kinds of music, good and bad, that still doesn't help describe the music much. Direction is important, so is mood. However, virtuosity rules over all. I feel like listening to many different kinds of music and … [Read more...]