Dara Starr Tucker To Release Self-Titled Sixth Album on June 3, 2023 via Green Hill Music “Tucker’s lovely voice goes from quietly empathetic, urging patience as the arc of justice … Read More
16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios, Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound) New Releases – Philip Booth (JazzTimes, Jazziz, Relix) New Releases – Andrew Gilbert … Read More
By Brian Zimmerman, Jazziz On her self-titled debut recording for the Whirlwind imprint, Samara Joy interprets songs that were golden oldies when her grandparents were courting. Read more here.
By Betsy Bell, Jazz Journal Dara Tucker’s new album features 11 covers of some carefully chosen tracks that, as she says, refer “to the hope that our society will develop … Read More
By George Harris, Jazz Weekly “Social messages are being delivered in a wide variety of ways, such as sports and music. Here are some albums addressing the issues of today.” … Read More
by Euan Dixon, Derek Ansell, Jazz Views The August 2021 issue of Jazz Views UK includes reviews of Steven Feifke‘s Kinetic, Dara Tucker‘s Dreams of Waking: Music for a Better … Read More
By Howard Dukes, Soul Tracks Of all of the Stevie Wonder songs that have been covered over the years, “You Haven’t Done Nuthin’” is one that seems like it should … Read More
By Mike Myers, JazzWax On this album, Dara brings fresh life and meaning to songs of social awareness from the 1960s and ’70s as well as originals that reflect on … Read More
By Ron Wynn, Nashville Scene Vocal stalwart Dara Tucker, a former Nashvillian now in New York, has delivered perhaps her finest collection of updated and reworked classics adapted from non-jazz … Read More
By Dee Dee McNeil. Musicalmemoirs’s Blog Here is a voice that is pleasing, tonally beautiful and emotionally connected to each lyric she sings. I was so happy to hear Dara … Read More
