Joel Ross is a vibraphonist and composer that hit the jazz scene with his Blue Note debut KingMaker. The album introduced his longstanding ensemble Good Vibes. Now, Ross is expanding his catalog and sound with his second release, Who Are You? Ross says this, “This record is a culmination of our maturing – as people, as a band, within the music – it’s about figuring out who we are.” Who Are You? features Good Vibes members Jeremy Corren on piano, Immanuel Wilkins on alto saxophone, and Jeremy Dutton on drums, and introduces Kanoa Mendenhall on bass. Guest artist Brandee Younger is featured on harp on five of the album’s fifteen [...]

Anthony Gomes is a rock blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter sweeping the blues community with his high-energy shows and dynamic guitar playing and singing. Now the #1 Billboard Blues Artist is releasing a new record called Containment Blues. The Toronto born bluesman presents eleven songs that are creative and well-written. Gomes states, “My goal is to keep the Blues fresh, exciting and even dangerous. I want to bring back the thrill longtime Bluesmen created in their day. At the same time, I think it’s very important for the music to grow and evolve.” He has performed with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Robert Plant, Heart, [...]

Omar Apollo hit the music scene with his well-received debut EP Stereo, which featured songs in English and Spanish. The Mexican-American singer from Indiana pulls influences from jazz, R&B, funk, alternative, soul, and pop. Apollo is now releasing his album titled Apolonio on the Warner Records label. Apolonio is nine tracks that find Apollo mixing soul, R&B, and Lo-Fi sounds with a nerdy, laid-back attitude.

“I’m Amazing,” begins the album, launching with a lo-fi piano part. Apollo’s vocals are very focused on rhythm. The melody has a repetitive shape to it, though, since Apollo rarely changes his inflections or how he ends each part of [...]

Anson Wright is a guitarist, composer, novelist, poet, and educator. In addition to his musical career, Wright is an acclaimed novelist with three books being published. Author Anaïs Nin praised the prose in his novel, Jericho: “I liked the bottom of the sea level of your writing. Don’t worry about discipline or guidance.” The National Endowment for the Arts provided the funding for his second book, Openings. Anson’s first full-length poetry book, Sandstone Monastery, was released in 2004. Poems from Sandstone Monastery were set to music by guitarist John Stowell in the 2008 spoken-word CD, The Sky At Our Feet. Wright is now releasing his third [...]

Jónsi is an LA-based Icelandic musician who, after a decade since his debut album Go was released, is releasing his net boundary-pushing album called Shiver. Co-produced by A. G. Cook (PC Music, Charlie XCX), the album features tracks with Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins) and pop icon Robyn and was recorded in Berlin, Reykjavik, London, and Helsinki. When Jónsi was traveling through London, he met up with iconoclastic producer A.G. Cook, who he admired for his boundary-breaking work with the PC music collective. They soon realized they would be perfect collaborators. “I’ve been doing this for 30 years,” Jónsi says. “I get tired of everything really easily. I always [...]