Jazz

BADBADNOTGOOD’s 4th release highlights come off their best interplay between jazz, hip-hop, and electronic music. — Listen to IV by BADBADNOTGOOD on Apple Music and Spotify. After discovering some of the fantastic works of Thundercat, my TikTok algorithm brought up a video with some suggestions from similar artists. The one that really caught my ear was BADBADNOTGOOD. Their unique blend of various jazz and hip-hop flavors…

BEWARE OF CATWOMAN — SHE WILL BITE Batman beefcakes, Supes studs… There’ve been some duds, but Catwoman has never suffered from bad casting. One of the notables to play the slinky cat burglar was Eartha Kitt in the Batman TV series in 1967. By then, she already had over a…

Krall’s Look of Love oozes a natural gravity that connects directly to the heart — The recent passing of the talented and prolific songwriter Burt Bacharach has reignited within me a desire to listen to his songs, specifically the ones written with lyricist Hal David. I’d heard them all before; when I was a kid, the mushy tunes would flow from the radio in our…

Along with YouTube, I’ve found that I also tend to talk a lot about the past and times long since passed on my blog when I can’t think of anything else to write. Sometimes I feel as if I’m a man born in the wrong generation. But then again when…

Music can heal a person’s heart in times of great darkness, and different styles of music have different effects. Lyrical verses reflecting on overcoming the adversities of life can inspire us to take action and transcend our suffering such as with Losing Myself by Eminem or Own Appeal by Oddisee…