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 slowly bends, to a steelier instrument that more forcefully argues for pride and determination in the face of hardship.” – Brian Zimmerman, Jazziz “Tucker has … 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 (San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Classical Voice, Bay Area News Group) New Releases – Mark Holston (Jazziz, Latino) New Releases – Yoshi Kato (San Francisco … 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 an awareness of the inequities that still exist. It’s the dream that we will become fully conscious and attuned to the hopes, dreams and needs … 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 the full article, with reviews of Jalen Baker’s This Is Me, This Is Us, Dara Tucker’s Dreams of Waking, Keith Brown’s African Ripples and … 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 World, Tim Mayer‘s Keeper of the Flame and Paul Bedal‘s Cerulean Stars. Read the full reviews here.
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 have been remade more often. Then too, if the websites that track cover versions of songs are correct, “Golden Lady” has been remade even less. … 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 contemporary struggles. Read more here.
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 genres with Dreams of Waking, out May 28. Read more here.
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 Tucker, who has picked a bouquet of songs that sweetly encourage and colorfully protest in the same intoxicating breath. Read more here.
