Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Essential New Music: The Tomeka Reid Quartet’s “Dance! Skip! Hop!”

Any time you see a band with a couple MacArthur Fellowship recipients in it, there’s a temptation to put the

February 16, 2026 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Humankind cannot live by rock alone. Thus Barry Walker Jr., a geologist and teacher with a Nashville past and a

February 9, 2026 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

Daniel O’Sullivan and Richard Youngs share a fundamental quality: Both have spent decades making any kind of music they want.

February 2, 2026 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

THC Trio’s name might be alphabetically justified, but it’s a throwdown nonetheless, especially coming from a band from Austin. Saxophonist

January 19, 2026 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

You might think you’re busy, but are you busy like Arnold de Boer of Zea? In addition to being the

January 12, 2026 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania

If awards were given for album titles, this one would be in the running. Without saying anything about how the

January 7, 2026 / ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC