Paul Medrano, Archaic Pop Best of Jazz, September 2018 A selection that largely puts forward the United States, including the excellent Barre Phillips – with probably one of the best album of … Read More
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Archaic Pop Features Arnan Raz’s “Chains of Stories” – OUT TODAY!
Paul Medrano, Archaic Pop The same quintet with almost the same band members, same sweetness, and same will to create moving music, Arnan Raz is successfully back with his second album “Chains … Read More
Archaic Pop Reviews “Afrika! Afrika!” from Akua Dixon’s “Akua’s Dance”
by Paul Medrano, Archaic Pop Afrika! Afrika! is a beautiful piece that not only massage your brain – as jazz does – but also touch you deep inside in your … Read More
Archaic Pop Features Lupa Santiago and Jonathan Greenstein in their Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2016
by Paul Medrano, Archaic Pop Lupa Santiago 4teto & Ed Neumeister “Ubuntu” An unusual combo guitar / trombone that go past Brazilian Jazz to something extra fresh as well as … Read More
Matt Ulery’s ‘The Peacocks’ Chosen as a Top Song of October by Archaic Pop
Top 5 Jazz Songs – October 2016 by Paul Medrano, Archaic Pop #3 – Matt Ulery’s Loom/Large “The Peacocks” A precious world, out of time. This song (as well as … Read More
Scott Tixier’s ‘Cosmic Adventure’ included in two ‘Best Of’ roundups (Bandcamp Daily & Archaic Pop)
Best of Bandcamp Jazz: September 2016 By Dave Sumner, Bandcamp Daily Nothing in this list is straight-ahead. Of the 18 recommended September releases, not one mirrors the classic jazz sound of … Read More
Archaic Pop features Fabrizio Sotti’s ‘Forty’
from “Forty” – Incipit Records (2016, Italy) – Modern Jazz by Paul Medrano, Archaic Pop There is a serene urgency in this track Forty. As a necessary desire to explore … Read More
Archaic Pop features Jonathan Greenstein’s Vol 1
by Paul Medrano, Archaic Pop Reading Jonathan Greenstein‘s introduction to “Vol 1” I thought, let’s put my headset on and listen to this; as you can also read below, this … Read More
Archaic Pop Names Brandee Younger’s ‘Soul Vibration’ A Piece To Discover
by Paul Medrano, Archaic Pop Février 2016 – 5 morceaux de Jazz à découvrir Du piano bien sûr mais aussi du violon, de la flute, de la guitare et de la harpe … Read More