February 2026 Classical Record Reviews
M'a dit Amour, Julia Roset, soprano, Susan Manoff, piano; Ravel: Chamber Music, Nash Ensemble; Lalo | Bonis | Debussy | Ravel: Art Nouveau: French Chamber Music Around 1900, Trio Wanderer.
Music and Recording Reviews
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February 2026 Rock/Pop Record Reviews
Salt Collective: A Brief History of Blindness; Geese: Getting Killed; Tame Impala: Deadbeat; Tortoise: Touch.
Brilliant Corners #35: the 2025 Capital Audiofest and a Classic Frank Sinatra Album
"You should come to CAF," Ken Micallef said. He has been saying this for what seems like decades. "It's cool, smaller and more manageable than AXPONA. You'll like it."
January 2026 Classical Record Reviews
Erin Morley & Lawrence Brownlee: Golden Age; Elena Firsova & Dmitri Smirnov: Love And Loss; Ben-Haim: Symphony No.2, Israel Philharmonic/Lahav Shani; Mahler: Symphony No.7, National Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda.
January 2026 Jazz Record Reviews
Roy Brooks: The Free Slave; Amanda Monaco: Deathblow; Timo Vollbrecht: Bremen New York; Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra: Sleeping Beauty & On Jupiter.
January 2026 Rock/Pop Record Reviews
Richard Ashcroft: Lovin' You; Chris Stamey: Anything Is Possible; Pigeons Playing Ping Pong: Feed the Fire; Joseph Kamaru: Heavy Combination 1966–2007.
December 2025 Classical Record Reviews
G.F. Handel: Handel Arias, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson; Dvořák: Slavonic Dances; John Dowland/Henry Purcell: Songs of Passion; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 In G Major, Sciarrino: Il Sogno Di Stradella; Mozart: Sonata in C, Andante with Variations, Schubert: Duo in A minor; Fantasy in F minor.
December 2025 Jazz Record Reviews
Nicole Glover: Memories, Dreams, Reflections; Randy Ingram: Aries Dance; Eric McPherson: Double Bass Quartet.
December 2025 Rock/Pop Record Reviews
Jeff Tweedy: Twilight Override; Big Thief: Double Infinity; Blood Orange: Essex Honey; Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell: Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited, Live at Lockn'.
November 2025 Rock/Pop Record Reviews
Elvis Presley: Sunset Boulevard; Paul Weller: Find El Dorado; Deep Purple: Made in Japan; Cory Hanson: "I Love People".