Tracks of the Week 16.03.24
When the baritone saxophone specialist and former Downtown stalwart Dave Sewelson and the visceral guitar virtuoso Ava Mendoza first conceived the idea of a duo album, the expectation was that they’d veer...
Tracks of the Week 09.09.23
In 1948 the audio engineer and music publisher Moses Asch founded Folkways Records with a mission to put on wax not only traditional, secular and children’s music but poetry, language instruction, liturgical...
Tracks of the Week 08.01.23
After lending his lusty baritone to the works of Lou Reed and Dylan Thomas on the jazzily contemplative Free and adopting the role of rapporteur alongside the Belgian violinist Catherine Graindorge, this...
Tracks of the Week 12.11.22
The Chicago native and veteran bandleader Kahil El’Zabar guides his Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and special guests on a rhythmic tour de force in celebration of the legendary jazz trumpeter Don Cherry. Locating...
Tracks of the Week 30.04.22
This week the Planet Mu honcho Mike Paradinas returns home with reflections on family life and the 25th anniversary of Lunatic Harness plus a weekend getaway which saw him ride Icelandic horses...