The Best Jazz of 2018
The definition of "jazz" has never been broader, and the music has never been brighter. Two PopMatters critics pick their favorites in four modern jazz categories.
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Jazz Legend Charles Lloyd and Americana’s Lucinda Williams Join Forces Beautifully on ‘Vanished Gardens’
Charles Lloyd's Americana/jazz group is joined by the marvelous Lucinda Williams on half the tracks here, creating a diverse, minor masterpiece.
Lucinda Williams: This Sweet Old World
Redoing an entire album is a surprising and bold move, but on This Sweet Old World the gambit pays off. It's anything but a retread.
Lucinda Williams: The Ghosts of Highway 20
On her superb new album, Lucinda Williams takes the wheel for a memory trip down Highway 20.
Buddy Miller and Friends: Cayamo Sessions at Sea
Buddy Miller is a born collaborator, always managing to get brilliant performances out of the musicians he works with. This collection, which finds him dipping into the bag of country classics, is no exception.
“We Just Kinda Broke All the Rules”: An Interview with Lucinda Williams
Throughout her long and legendary career, Lucinda Williams has garnered a reputation for dismissing any notions of rules, expectations, or boundaries.
Lucinda Williams: Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
Both familiar and challenging, Williams' new record invites her audience to dance slow and close to a set of adult songs for adult listeners.
Parker Millsap: Parker Millsap
Road tunes and leavetakings are a fitting metaphorical trope for this album, because Millsap is clearly going places.
Lucinda Williams: Lucinda Williams (25th Anniversary)
A truly great album, out of print for a decade, is back, tracing the emergence of a brilliant songwriter.