Author: Ed Conway

Review of the Soul-Jazz Collective, by Ed Conway. If it’s Tuesday, it must be Jazz Night at The Lark Street Tavern. The venerable tavern, first opened in 1934, has gone through several face-lifts over the years, including a nearly total rebuild after a 2010 fire that gutted the building. Back in 2022, new owner Chris […]

My Seattle friend Angela Tini has stepped out from band The Starjays and recorded a new album. Yep, the lady with the big voice decided to show off her songwriting chops and gathered a who’s who of west coast roots musicians and put her own stamp on it, she dubbed her Long Beach Wrecking Crew. […]

Although we haven’t seen a new release of original music from our west coast pals, Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, it doesn’t mean they haven’t been busy. In a normal year, they spend a great deal of time on the road traversing the US, or heading to Europe on one of their several tours […]

It was a beautiful fall-like day along the Hudson River at Albany’s Jennings Landing.  The sun poked in and out among the rolling clouds making for a beautiful setting for the Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival, which has been around for 18 years. A personal obligation kept me from arriving at the festival until the last […]


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