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BA Podcast 19: Norway
Episode 19 of the Burning Ambulance podcast tells the story of host Phil Freeman‘s recent trip to Bergen, Norway to attend the annual Nutshell jazz showcase, and includes interviews with percussionist...
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Nine Inch Nails
Two days before Christmas 2016, Trent Reznor released a five-song Nine Inch Nails EP, Not the Actual Events. It was a strictly digital release at first, paired with a “physical component” that turned...
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Marion Rampal
Marion Rampal is a French vocalist and songwriter; her first album, Own Virago, was released in 2009. Two years later, she collaborated with pianist Perrine Mansuy on the album Vertigo Songs, for which...
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BA Podcast 20: Buster Williams
Episode 20 of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with bassist Buster Williams. Buster Williams is a jazz MVP like very few others. He got his start in the late Fifties; his first...
View ArticleImperial Triumphant
Most black metal albums don’t start with a six-part horn chorale, but Imperial Triumphant‘s Vile Luxury does. The album’s first track, “Swarming Opulence,” begins with three trumpets (Jonathan Powell,...
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Obscura
Obscura are a technical death metal band from Munich, led by guitarist Steffen Kummerer. Almost 20 other musicians have passed through the ranks since the group was formed in 2002. The longest-lasting...
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Motorpsycho
The Norwegian rock band Motorpsycho have been a global rock institution since the 1990s, releasing somewhere around two dozen studio albums, collaborations with artists like Ståle Storløkken and Jaga...
View ArticleMND FLO
MND FLO (pronounced “mind flow”) are a quartet of Berklee students—pianist Sharik Hasan, vibraphonist Simon Moullier, bassist Alexander L.J. Tóth and drummer Anthony A. Tóth (yes, they’re brothers)....
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Beastmaker & Haunt
Trevor Church is a man with a vision. A guitarist and singer, he’s currently leading two bands, Beastmaker and Haunt. While each is unique, they are both recognizably the work of the same man....
View ArticlePerfume
Perfume seem to be in a weird place, creatively speaking. Their first four albums—2008’s Game, 2009’s Triangle, 2012’s JPN, and 2013’s LEVEL3—were brilliant cyber-pop collections, each one building on...
View ArticleEdgard Varese
Edgard Varèse is a crucial figure in the history of 20th century music. His major works—Arcana, Intégrales, Density 21.5, Ionisation, Déserts, Octandre, Offrandes, and Poème Électronique—with their...
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BA Podcast 24: Tia Fuller
Episode 24 of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with saxophonist and educator Tia Fuller. Fuller is originally from Colorado, and comes from a musical family: her parents had a group...
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BA Podcast 25: Eddie Palmieri
Episode 25 of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with pianist Eddie Palmieri. Palmieri is a legendary figure: His composition “Azúcar” is a landmark in Latin music history. It’s over...
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BA Podcast 27: Zev Feldman
Episode 27 of the Burning Ambulance podcast—the first episode of Year Two of the show—is the first one not to feature an interview with a musician. Instead, I’m talking to Zev Feldman, who’s a...
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BA Podcast 29: JD Allen
JD Allen is a saxophonist I’ve been listening to since 2011. He puts out an album a year, the latest being LoveStone, and in addition to his work as a leader, he’s worked with Jeremy Pelt (a guest on...
View ArticleAdventures In Sound
Adventures in Sound is a new three-CD box from the Cherry Red label, gathering three relatively recent compilations—2009’s Adventures in Sound, 2010’s New Directions in Music, and 2013’s Electronic...
View ArticleJoe Henderson 1963-1981, Part 1
Back in March, we published a five-day journey through pianist McCoy Tyner‘s 1970s output, most of it on the Milestone label. That series proved interesting and popular enough that we’re following it...
View ArticleJoe Henderson 1963-1981, Part 2
We’re back with the second day of our exploration of saxophonist Joe Henderson‘s catalog. (Click here for Part 1.) In 1967, Henderson left Blue Note after five years and five albums as a leader, and...
View ArticleJoe Henderson 1963-1981, Part 3
This is part three of our five-part exploration of saxophonist Joe Henderson‘s catalog. (Click here for Part 1; click here for Part 2.) In late September 1970, Henderson and his band played the...
View ArticleJoe Henderson 1963-1981, Part 4
This is the fourth installment of our week-long journey through saxophonist Joe Henderson‘s catalog, beginning on Blue Note and moving through an extended tenure with Milestone, plus a few one-off...
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