Mandolin virtuoso Andrew Collins will put on a rare solo concert this Thursday evening, August 13, at 6 (est) during the final hour Folk & Beyond (heard Thursday afternoons from 4-7 on WTJU at 91.1 FM, streaming at wtju.net, or by telling your smart speaker to “Play WTJU“).

The Trio Anima Mundi calls what they do “piano trio archaeology.” Buried under the standard repertoire are layers of exceptional music. And the trio has unearthed some real finds. Two of these composers in this program are well-known (sort of), the others not. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Rutland Boughton have been rated one-hit wonders, for “Hiawatha” […]

Philip Levine – Benjamin Boone Since the Charles Mingus – Langston Hughes collaborations in the 1950s, there has always been a durable under-current of Jazz / Poetry projects. Recently Poet Laureates Robert Pinsky and Philip Levine have recorded with pianist Laurence Hobgood and alto-saxophonist Benjamin Boone. Bassist Steve Swallow and poet Robert Creeley collaborated on […]

New Blues News – 8/11/2020 Dave Fields – Force Of Will (Self-produced): “NY Blues Hall of Famer and Fodera Guitar artist Dave Fields 6th and latest album Force of Will is ferocious mix of blues rock and beyond that stretches the boundaries. Force of Will will take you on a musical journey in a way […]

New Jazz Adds – 8/11/2020 Hakan Basar – On Top Of The Room (Ubuntu): “Hakan Başar (Jr.) ,who was born in 2004, began playing piano when he was 8. After some ephemeral private lessons he has continued his studies with his father, who is a guitarist. He has done jazz piano studies with curriculums of […]

The Easter cantatas in this recording come from two contemporaries of Johann Sebastian Bach. And both take different approaches to the subject. Gottfried August Homilius was thirty years younger than Bach. Gottfried August Homilius was thirty years younger than Bach. Contemporary accounts describe him as one of the best sacred music composers of his day. […]