“We are on month 8 of this global pandemic. Back in March, touring musicians rapidly saw their entire year of income just wiped out. And we STILL don’t know when they’ll be back to work or what the landscape will even look like. And yet, everywhere we look, musicians have not stopped. They are creating, […]

Maria Schnieder Duke Ellington envisioned long-form jazz compositions before the technology was created to support them. Initially limited to around six minutes on two sides of a 78 RPM disc, the advent of the 12’ Long-Playing record liberated Ellington and other jazz composers to conceive and record extended compositions. Several contemporary composers are continuing to […]

This is what chamber music should be about — a conversation among old friends. Bonita Boyd, Steven Doane, and Barry Snyder are all long-time current or former faculty of the Eastman School of Music. The individual performances are top-flight, as one might expect of such musicians. But they’re also fully integrated. All three performers are […]

New Blues & Soul News – 10/20/2020 New Blues: Kevin Burt – Stone Crazy (Gulf Coast): “For more than 25 years Kevin Burt has been electrifying audiences throughout the Midwest dispelling the myth that true blues has no roots in Iowa. His soul-inspired presentation is unique which consistently get him compared to a range of […]

Koda Kerl and Marie Borgman will stop by WTJU Wednesday afternoon, October 21, to do a track by track of the new Chamomile & Whiskey album, Red Clay Heart.  You can listen locally at 91.1 FM, streaming at wtju.net, or by asking your smart speaker to “Play WTJU.”

New Jazz News – 10/20/2020 Charlie Ballantine – Vonnegut (Green Mind): “I really wanted to do my best to capture the voice of Kurt Vonnegut in a musical sense and just as each novel had a different overall feel, the music had to change composition to composition”…. On his upcoming sextet album ‘Vonnegut’, Indianapolis-based guitarist/composer […]