Exposé Online banner

Exposé Online

Not just outside the box, but denying the existence of boxes.
Covering music from the fringes since 1993.

Reviews of New releases

« Newer

Older »

Showing items 6541 to 6550 of 8447

John Martyn - Live at The Town and Country Club 1986

Cover art

John Martyn has been writing personal songs and singing them in his inimitable style for quite some time now, and while he has never become the household name that Van Morrison or Joe Cocker has,...

 » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

John Greaves - On the Street Where You Live

Cover art

With this collection of seventeen tracks, John Greaves forgoes his skill for obtuse arrangements and bawdy bass playing for a strictly vocal pass through latenight torch singer terrain. Assisted by...

 » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton 2002-04-01)

Jeff Johnson Trio - Free & The Art of Falling

Cover art

Bassist Jeff Johnson is one of the regulars in the Origin Records stable, and these two releases see him as leader, first of a trio with drummer Billy Mintz and reedman Hans Teuber, then with a...

 » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Jean-Luc Ponty - Life Enigma

Cover art

Ponty has staked out a claim over the past 30 years as fusion’s best-known violinist, and he has made numerous albums that belong in the Fusion Hall of Fame (if such a thing existed). He has...

 » Read more
(Posted by David Ashcraft 2002-04-01)

Jean-Luc Ponty - Life Enigma

Cover art

I’m probably not unique in my history with Jean-Luc Ponty. I discovered his inventive, melodic jazz-fusion violin playing with his albums of the 70s like Enigmatic Ocean and...

 » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

James Johnson / Robert Scott Thompson / Ma Ja Le - Forgotten Places & Seed

Cover art

James Johnson is one of ambient music’s most prolific collaborators nowadays, and as I write this, a 2 CD set with Vir Unis is also now available. The first of the two CDs in question here,...

 » Read more
(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2002-04-01)

James Blood Ulmer - Blue Blood

Cover art

One of the things about blues music that always loses my interest is the relative lack of harmonic sophistication: the blues almost by definition stick to a set of three or four chords for each...

 » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Interférence Sardines - Zucchini

Cover art

We were hideously late reviewing this fine ensemble’s debut recording, Mare Crisium (released in 1998, our review in the last issue). Hopefully we make up for it this time!...

 » Read more
(Posted by Sean McFee 2002-04-01)

Greg Weeks - Awake Like Sleep

Cover art

Awake Like Sleep is a lazy psychedelic exploration of interior spaces, and comes off a bit like a very introverted Meddle-era Pink Floyd without lead guitar. Greg Weeks has a soft...

 » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

Greenwall - Elektropuzzles

Cover art

For this release, the “band” Greenwall consists entirely of keyboardist / programmer Andrea Pavoni. The tracks were all composed from 1994 to 1998, and comprise an interesting spectrum...

 » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2002-04-01)

« Newer

Older »

 

What's new

These are the most recent changes made to artists, releases, and articles.