A power jazz quintet based out of Ann Arbor, MI, the Macpodz focus on an eclectic and incredibly danceable mixture of rock and roll, jazz, funk, and fusion that’s equal parts Mls Davis and Frank Zappa (or seeing that the band conditions it, “disco bebop”). Produced by bassist Brennan Andes, …

The Florida-based soft rock-band A Kite Is a Sufferer — sometimes called AKIAV by fans — spent years playing at regional clubs, coffeehouses, and every other place they could property a gig. The group may show up dressed up all in dark, their music frequently quiet, gentle, and even unhappy. …

Washington D.C.-centered R&B group the Syncopators shaped in the months subsequent World War II — in accordance to Marv Goldberg’s profile in the June 1980 problem of Goldmine — lead tenor James Pinkney, second tenor George Summers, sibling baritones Teddy and “Ghostie” Smith, and bass/guitarist Edmond Johnson dedicated their repertoire …

Liverpool-born Edgar Jones produced his mark like a bassist, single artist, and innovator of the respectable ’60s revivalists the Stairways. Starting his profession at the sensitive age group of 20, Jones became a member of Ian McCulloch’s post-Echo & the Bunnymen music group in 1990, playing bass on-stage and on …

Born at an extremely early age to parents with great genetic rules, Rob Theakston signed with Group All Music Instruction as a free of charge agent in 2000. He’s a specialized editor, but makes the casual foray into review-writing place when they allow him from the data cage manufactured from …

Cornetist Rob Mazurek garnered wide interest after moving former his hard bop root base and learning to be a guiding drive in Chicago avant jazz with various Chicago Underground lineups in the ’90s, also exploring post-rock, electronica, and more even though adding Tortoise and Isotope 217 to his réamounté. He …

NY singer/songwriter Jo Davidson reflects a soulful disposition like a single artist, for composing is definitely her passion. She’s been playing piano since age group four, and in the center of classical teaching as youngster in her indigenous Ohio, Davidson started writing her personal songs at age group 11. She …

Skeletons, initially the task of Matt Mehlan — a fairly idiosyncratic pop songwriter who all uses plenty of consumer electronics — had an extremely low-key from Oberlin, OH, with a set of albums (I’m near the top of the Globe and Life as well as the After Delivery) released in …