Links: L.A. performances (3/28/25).
This week: Danzig/Down, Belphegor, Herbie Hancock, Hear Now Fest, Patrick Shiroishi, Mehldau-McBride, Sharp & Centazzo, Phi-Psonics Lab, Steve Smith, Yandere Chainsaw, more.
MetalJazz
Words About Music by Greg Burk and Friends
March 28, 2025
March 27, 2025
Record review: Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, "Defiant Life" (ECM)
Quiet rebellion and music of the spheres.
March 12, 2025
Live review: Nicole McCabe-Logan Kane Quartet at the High Low Bar, March 10, 2025.
It doesn't feel like work.
March 6, 2025
Metal history: The Council of Nicea, 325 CE, and a Christian metal band.
Why did You send Him?
February 27, 2025
L.A. shorts: Garretson & Gorodetsky, The Nextdoors, Eron Rauch photo book.
Changing, preserving, imagining.
February 13, 2025
Bulletin: Saxists Golia and Berne record with guitarists.
The chase continues.
February 6, 2025
Live review: Dan Rosenboom Septet, Nicole McCabe Quartet, Harrington-Shiroishi-Jaffe at the Three Clubs, Jan. 31, 2025.
Fire met with fire.
January 30, 2025
Record review and support opportunity: Bobby Bradford, Frode Gjerstad, William Roper & Alex Cline, "Frice" (Fundacja Słuchaj)
Parallel experiences and a chance to contribute.
January 23, 2025
Record review: Patriarkh, "Prophet Ilja" (Napalm)
When blasphemy don't pull you through.
January 16, 2025
RIP: David Lynch, 1946-2025.
He made us voyeurs of ourselves.