Down to a trio when it was recorded, The Jayhawks seventh album, Rainy Day Music is as stripped down as the cover of the CD. Coming off...

In 1994, the Canadian band Sloan shifted their music focus. They created a more melodic sound, a big difference than the grunge sound...

Victoria Williams is a singer-songwriter from Shreveport, Louisiana. In early 1992, just as her career was beginning to take off, she was...

A friend on Twitter once said, “Sundays are for jazz” - So Sunday morning, I put on one of my favorites. Seen as one of the great guitar...

From the ashes of the Blake Babies, lead singer and bass player, Juliana Hatfield released a fantastic debut solo album in 1992 (Hey...

The story goes that Frances Davis, the wife of Miles Davis, insisted that he accompany her to a performance by flamenco dancer Roberto...

In 1989, a band from Hershey, Pennsylvania released their debut album and I could have sworn they were from England. The Ocean Blue had a...

In 1985, the song “Voices Carry” zoomed up the charts and made the band ‘Til Tuesday a household name. Three years later, the band...

Many singers have come along combining pop smarts and Americana grit. The late 1990s and early 2000s were filled with them. Garrison...

1991 had its share of great albums - Nevermind by Nirvana, Out of Time by R.E.M., Loveless by My Bloody Valentine and Ten by Pearl Jam...

When the topic of great jazz singers comes up - who comes to mind? Ella, Billie, Frank, Nat and Nina are always near the top. But maybe...

Come back in time with me to 1988 - when a London-based folk-rock band released their debut album. They would blend folk, jazz, country...

Coming off of two successful college radio-hit albums (Especially for You and Green Thoughts), New Jersey’s own The Smithereens brought...

During the spring of 1995, Woody Guthrie's daughter Nora contacted English singer-songwriter Billy Bragg about writing music for a...

Released in 1968, the fourth album from duo Simon & Garfunkel, Bookends was a concept album that explores a life journey from childhood...

Emerging from San Francisco in the late 1980s, the band Jellyfish channeled great bands of the past, ELO, The Beatles, The Raspberries...

The fourth release from Elliott Smith, XO, came out in 1998 and was his first release on a major label (DreamWorks). Having just come off...

The majority of music that I blog about falls into the rock/alternative genre, but growing up, jazz music was almost always on the radio...

Lyle Lovett released five great albums in the late 80s and early 90s. His songs were witty, catchy, beautiful and country. He married...

Great soundtracks are usually a compilation of new and old songs from a wide variety of genres and artists. Think of Pulp Fiction,...